Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins - Softcover

Leonard Jr, Robert; Hallenbeck, Kenneth L

 
9781467135252: Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1467135259 ISBN 13: 9781467135252
Publisher: History Press, 2017

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Author of over one hundred numismatic articles and three books, American Numismatic Society fellow Bob Leonard has studied private coinages since the 1960s. Founder of Ken Hallenbeck Coin Gallery, Colorado Springs, Ken Hallenbeck is a past president of the American Numismatic Association. Adna G. Wilde, Jr., also an ANA past president, published a groundbreaking study of Lesher Dollars in 1978, Lesher Referendum Medals: Where Are They Today?

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Publisher
History Press
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1467135259
ISBN 13 
9781467135252
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128

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ISBN 10:  1540217159 ISBN 13:  9781540217158
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