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Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins
• Robert D Leonard • Jr • • Ken Hallenbeck • Jr
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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.
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9781540217158
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 130
- Utgivningsdatum: 2017-07-01
- Förlag: History Press Library Editions