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Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher’s Defiant Coins

Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher’s Defiant Coins PDF Author: Robert D. Leonard Jr., Ken Hallenbeck & Adna G. Wilde Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467135259
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Book Description
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.