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Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins

Robert D Leonard Jr Ken Hallenbeck Jr

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  • 130 sidor
  • 2017
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.

  • Författare: , Robert D Leonard, Jr, , Ken Hallenbeck, Jr
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781540217158
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 130
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2017-07-01
  • Förlag: History Press Library Editions