Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins - Brossura

Leonard, Robert D., Jr.; Hallenbeck, Kenneth L.; Wilde, Adna G., Jr.

 
9781467135252: Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins

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At the turn of the last century, miner Joseph Lesher attempted to raise the price of silver by privately minting octagonal "Referendum souvenir medal" coins with values of $1.25 or $1. They were common in Victor, Cripple Creek, Denver and other places in Colorado in the days after William Jennings Bryan fought unsuccessfully for free silver. Surviving an initial dust-up with the Secret Service, Lesher found a loophole to place them in circulation in 1900 and 1901. Today, coin collectors pay more than $1,000 for one. This is the story of Joseph Lesher and his audacious private mint, along with the merchants in the mining towns and elsewhere who supported him.

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9781540217158: Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins

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ISBN 10:  1540217159 ISBN 13:  9781540217158
Casa editrice: HISTORY PR, 2017
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