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1 online resource (128 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
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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Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hallenbeck, Ken L.
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Wilde, Adna G., Jr.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leonard, Robert D. Forgotten Colorado silver. Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2017. 9781467135252 (OCoLC)975881571 |
| Standard No. |
9781625857965 |
| ISBN |
9781625857965 (epub) |
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