Cripple Creek, Colorado silver round.
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40-50 years old and picked up as a YN.
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Nice !!!
The miner crouching is a great image. And there he is again watching the weigh in. Peace Roy
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A very nice old silver round... It has character... I like the unique depiction of mining and weighing.... Independent (but related) scenes, almost as if the piece has two obverses.... Cheers, RickO
Why is it in silver? It should have been in gold!
I was there in 1997 when I had a day to waste in Colorado Springs.
Is the weight given on the edge?
My favorite is when she dips her donut into my tea!
Nice detail. Is it an ounce?
Many of these were dispensed by machines in the casinos as 'bonuses' or souvenirs and many DO NOT weigh a full 31.1 grams. They did not appear until after 1991 (after legalized gambling was allowed) and they went by trade names like 'silver strikes' since they could not be called full Troy ounces. I've been caught like that myself.a time or two.
It has a pleasant design. So many of these things have an “industrial look” to them that makes them totally unappealing.