Colorado Silver . . . .

ZoidMeister

I haven't done a "family photo" until this afternoon. I thought it was high time I grabbed one.

I'm still on the lookout for more examples, and other western state territorial silver. Most of these aren't "vintage" but their the best I can afford.

Post up yours!

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Eldorado9

I'm a Carr fan!

ZoidMeister

Only two of the pieces I posted are DC / Moonlight Mint.

The round one is an HK-870 Type IV, there are two 1985 ANA Lesher House Restoration pieces, and one 1993 Victor - City of Mines piece. I don't know much about why the 1993 piece was minted.

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coinsarefun

This kinda fits in.
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Bullsitter

Only 19 made, 2017 Lesher, Denver ANA

ricko

@ZoidMeister.... Really nice 'family' of silver. I have a couple of Dan's pieces that interested me, but no other Colorado silver. Cheers, RickO

Mr_Spud

I have just this one

BillJones

This is not exactly on-topic, but it is a historical example of Colorado Silver. The is a small stud button that is made of sterling silver. Note the image of a cross which stood for Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech which won the nomination for him at the Democratic Convention.

In 1896, William Jennings Bryan surprised everyone and won the Democratic nomination for president. His stand for "free silver" brought Colorado Republicans to his cause. They were known as "Silver Republicans." Instead of supporting the regular Republican candidate, they endorsed Bryan.

Here is a fancy ribbon that one of their supporters worn to one of their rallies / fund raisers. These items are quite scarce.

ZoidMeister

@Mr_Spud said:
I have just this one

Sweet Baby Jesus . . . . !

BillJones

Here is a Lesher Referendum Dollar. It took me a while to find one of these pieces, that didn't have a problem, like an edge nick, at a reasonable price.

I also saw a couple, which had edge nicks, which ignored the problem when the seller was pricing them.

johnny9434

I gotta go take a look at the moonlight site now

Goldminers

ZoidMeister

An overdue resurrection of this thread.

More have arrived. Let's see yours. Any territorial silver will do. Here's one from Montana.

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Mr Lindy

1976 Silver made in Denver then improved upon in Loveland

Eldorado9

dcarr

@BillJones said:
This is not exactly on-topic, but it is a historical example of Colorado Silver. The is a small stud button that is made of sterling silver. Note the image of a cross which stood for Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech which won the nomination for him at the Democratic Convention.

In 1896, William Jennings Bryan surprised everyone and won the Democratic nomination for president. His stand for "free silver" brought Colorado Republicans to his cause. They were known as "Silver Republicans." Instead of supporting the regular Republican candidate, they endorsed Bryan.

That is pretty neat. I have not seen that Republican League Colorado stud pin before, and I collect Colorado stuff like that. I believe the overall shape of it is intended to mimic an ingot. The mountain image with a cross on it is obviously a rendering of Mount Holy Cross in Colorado:

Here is a similar (in style) piece that also mimics an ingot. It is a silver badge made for the 1891 opening of the Denver Mining Exchange building.

Zoins

Zoins

From my first purchase directly from Dan way back in 2006!

I'm glad I picked it up as I've never seen another.

BillJones

Thank you for making this connection between the silver campaign piece I own and that natural landmark.

If it makes you feel any better, I paid a rather outlandish price for that piece in a political items auction. It was no bargain, I will assure you.

jesbroken

@Mr_Spud
One of the nicest toned specimans from world fair I have seen. Congrats.
Jim

Goldminers

Goldminers

@Zoins said:

That is just stunning.

I have a couple in grading since April, but after seeing this one, I forgot what they are like, but I do know I like yours more.

Zoins

@Goldminers said:

@Zoins said:

That is just stunning.

I have a couple in grading since April, but after seeing this one, I forgot what they are like, but I do know I like yours more.

Thanks! That's quite a compliment given your collection! I love your Pike's Peak commem above!

This looks quite nice in hand, much lighter than the photos suggest.

I have another one as well in an ATS holder that needs a TrueView

dcarr

@BillJones said:
Thank you for making this connection between the silver campaign piece I own and that natural landmark.

If it makes you feel any better, I paid a rather outlandish price for that piece in a political items auction. It was no bargain, I will assure you.

Those kinds of things can sometimes sell for a lot more than you might initially think.

A circa 1940s recast of my Denver 1891 silver ingot badge sold on Heritage Auctions in 2006 for almost $2,000. That recast lacked the upper banner and had no maker's mark on the back:
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ingots/a/414-2571.s?ic4

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Zoins

@ZoidMeister said:
1993 Victor - City of Mines piece. I don't know much about why the 1993 piece was minted.

It was minted for the centennial of of Victor, Colorado as it says 1893-1993 on it.

The following is from VictorColorado.com

https://www.victorcolorado.com/aboutvictor.htm

Victor, Colorado's modern-day treasures are the results of its rich gold rush history. Victor, about 5 miles from Cripple Creek, was platted in 1893. By that time it was already known as the City of Mines because the largest and richest gold mines of the Cripple Creek Mining District were located on Battle Mountain just above Victor.

Mr Lindy

ZOINS, I know yours will never be available.

I really need a silver and brass strike for my coinage archive.

I have a nickel strike pocket piece I bought from Dan just prior to covid show closures & and I have a shiny new nickel strike.

It should have won the 25c design competition.

@Zoins said:
From my first purchase directly from Dan way back in 2006!

I'm glad I picked it up as I've never seen another.

Weiss

1901 Lesher Referendum dollar paired with an aqua blue "For Pikes Peak" whiskey flask (GXI-35).
Lesher struck his dollars in Victor, Colorado, on the western slope of Pike's Peak. This bottle was technically made in Ceredo, West Virginia, but the connection to Colorado is unmistakable.

I recovered the 1860s-era flask from the privy during the remodel of a 1901 hospital, which had been built on the foundations of a much older structure. One of dozens of bottles I managed to save during renovations in 2010-2011.

The figure is a prospector with a bindle thrown over his shoulder (bindlestiff).

More info about the bottle:
https://fohbcvirtualmuseum.org/galleries/historical-flasks/gxi-35-for-pikes-peak-prospector-eagle-yellow-green-flask/

coinsarefun

I took these a few months back. They toned naturally in my coin safe. It’s a group shot.
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COCollector

dcarr

Obviously, I manufacture new Colorado silver items. But I also collect them.
In all the years of collecting in this state, I have only ever seen one or maybe two of each of the following:

dcarr

I have seen more than a couple of each of these, but they are still quite scarce:

Twobitcollector

@ZoidMeister said:

@Mr_Spud said:
I have just this one

Sweet Baby Jesus . . . . !

ZoidMeister

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I need one of those . . .

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@COCollector said:

dcarr

I know of only two of these that exist,
Argus Metals - Boulder, Colorado
(note the three triangles logo which mimics mountains but also forms the initials AM):

dcarr

Some other Colorado silver bars:

Golden Analytical made 1-troy-oz die-stamped "art" bars and various sizes and shapes of poured-style 5-oz to 100-oz bars:

Denver Gold & Silver Exchange was a coin shop in downtown Denver and they produced 10-troy-oz bars (that was the only size) circa 1970s. There are two varieties: large "JW" and small "JW". This one shown below is the small "JW". JW stood for Jack Willis, the owner of the establishment. He got caught on the wrong side of speculation in silver futures and then tried dealing cocaine to keep the business afloat. But he got busted for that and the shop folded.

C&S Incorporated in Denver Colorado produced various sizes of poured-style bars such as this one:

Mile High Mint is a relatively new enterprise which I know little about. Here is a 10-troy-oz bar from them:

I do not know the location of Rocky Mountain Mint, but it may have been in Utah. They produced 5-troy-oz to 25-troy-oz bars sheared from silver slabs:

dcarr

dcarr

The so-called "Mumey Dollar" (HK-594, produced by numismatist/author Nolie Mumey):

ZoidMeister

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An interesting art round / bullion piece from Rocky Mountain Coin in Denver.

This one's obverse channels the Colorado Century of Progress HK-870.

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@dcarr said:
I know of only two of these that exist,
Argus Metals - Boulder, Colorado
(note the three triangles logo which mimics mountains but also forms the initials AM):

Zoins

One of my favorites related to Colorado and silver.

Clark Gruber, Denver fantasy piece struck over silver 1808 Irish Bank Token.

I posted this years before finally getting the opportunity to pick it up 7 years after seeing it.