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Forgotten Colorado Silver

Forgotten Colorado Silver 1

Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins

by Robert D Leonard Jr and Ken Hallenbeck Jr
Hardback
Publication Date: 10/07/2017
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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.
ISBN:
9781540217158
9781540217158
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
10-07-2017
Publisher:
History Press Library Editions
Pages:
130
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x10mm
Weight:
0.34kg

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Silver is very precious metal and no wonder since then( since this incident) silver metal is hoarded by Wallstreet.
Silver miners like Joseph of colorado have struggled in vain. I hope these Silver bandits become beggars and live in hell.
If you wish to know how silver prices are being sabotaged read silverdoctors dot com.
Annualy over 35,000 tons of silver that is produced from ores are looted at basement bargain price of less than USd 27.

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