Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467135252)

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.

Author: Robert D. Leonard Jr, Ken Hallenbeck, Adna G. Wilde Jr
ISBN-10: 1467135259
ISBN-13: 9781467135252
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2017
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d