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For those of you who are not yet sick of all my Nevada historical items...
A couple more ebay items--one that I won and won that I didn't. There a great pair of real photo post cards. Both were boomtowns those rose and faded pretty quickly. Lee Jellum had taken a number of photos of the Seven Troughs Mining District in Nevada, a couple of his best photos made it into the "Nevada Post Card Album"… -
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I find these posts quite interesting. I had no idea that these items were so valuable. Keep posting them if you like -
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Oooops, not a typo. Different years, just the same months. If it were my new toy, I'd have certainly tested it out. Boy, having the equipment laying around for a bit more than a year without ever doing anything with it would have driven me nuts. Especially since the dies dated 1869 were in his possession. You just don't… -
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According to Rusty Goe the first CC dies were those of dollar coins, arriving Jan 10, 1870. Is it a typo when you say the machinary arrived Nov 22 but the equipment was set in motion Nov 1? Did you mean Dec 1? From what I've gathered only the press arrived Nov 22, no mention to the other machinary. It's almost certain that… -
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CARSON MINT. Granite from the prison stone quarry. Pict style of architecture. Portico, Ionic. Hall, twelve feet in width; main hall 12x40; on the right of the entrance. Paying Teller's office, 13x16 feet. Coining room, 19x19. Spiral staircase conducts above. Whitening room, 10x14 1/2, with a vault in solid masonry 5x6.… -
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Extremely interesting. How do you know he had the 1869 dies in his possession? Wouldn't surprise me in Goe was wrong, it happens a number of other times in the book (a lot of it pertaining to the discoveries of gold and silver at the budding Comstock Lode) -
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I have a few of those medallions myself. It's interesting--the medallions state the first coins were struck February 11, but there are numerous other sources that say Feb 10, and some that say Feb 9. It's an area that needs more research. -
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i like the photocard you won 10 times better then the other. yours has a much finer and more interesting view. thanks for sharing. -
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<< <i>Interesting history.... great research so far... wonder what happened to that 'first coin struck'... Keep digging guys, this is good stuff. Cheers, RickO >> It still exists, and with proof. I've seen pics straight from the fellow who owns it.
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