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Forgotten Colorado Silver
Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins
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Forgotten Colorado Silver
Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Cripple Creek Mining District
- 2. Private Coins and Free Silver
- 3. Joseph Lesher: Pioneer, Promoter and Minter
- 4. The Lesher “Referendum” Dollar
- 5. Dies, Mintages and Survivors
- 6. A “Lesher Dollar Treasure”?
- 7. A.B. Bumstead, Popular Grocer of Victor
- 8. Sam Cohen, Jeweler and Agent for Victor
- 9. Geo. McMullen (“Mullen”), Shoemaker of Victor
- 10. J.M. Slusher, Grocer and Agent for Cripple Creek
- 11. J.E. Nelson, Dry Goods, Holdrege, Nebraska
- 12. Boyd Park, Jeweler and Agent for Denver
- 13. C.W. Thomas, an Agent Who Vanished
- 14. D.W. Klein, Agent and Pueblo Saloonkeeper
- 15. W.C. Alexander, Jeweler of Salida
- 16. Goodspeed & Co., Colorado Springs Jewelers
- 17. W.F. White, Grand Junction Department Store
- 18. The Uniques: A.W. Clark, H.H. Rosser and H. Stein
- Bibliography
- About the Author
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