I love Nevada, and I love Carson City - and I love coins! So, I love this story!

It's true, I love Nevada - and particularly Carson City - where I got to live and love the old west. I'm on the other side of the hill now in gold rush territory, but silver and sagebrush will always be where I want to be.

Pay close attention to the details - they are changing the size of the tokens they are minting - so you folks with the old ones - they're now officially the "old design" of the tokens!

A local story from the Nevada Appeal:





A crane delivers Coin Press No. 1 to the front door of the Nevada State Museum in Carson City in February 1958. It had minted coins at the Carson City Mint from 1870 to 1893. In 1958. it was at the San Francisco Mint, but was scheduled to be scrapped when the state of Nevada bought it for $225.

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/lo...eturning-to-operation-at-nevada-state-museum/

 

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Love the CC's! Especially the 1880/79 rev of 78 overdate.

 

I lived in Reno for a year or so about 35 years ago. There were so many places to see in the area at Lake Tahoe, Virginia City, Carson City and even Sparks.

My favorite watering holes were the Alibi Lounge and Del Mar Station. My favorite casino for the locals was Gold Dust West, and my favorite place for early morning steak & eggs was the old Peppermill.

Chris

 

They say that Reno is so close to hell that you can see Sparks.

 

I sometimes wish I understood the lure of the "old west" sagebrush culture and "romance", but it just leaves me feeling, ohh, I dunno, dusty. I'll take a walnut paneled library in an old English-style gentleman's club any day. Think Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche's club in Trading Places.

 

I was living in Stead. I know! I know! Instead of what?

Chris

 

@Brett_in_Sacto
Some of us used to take I-80 to Donner Pass, tie a bunch of truck inner tubes together, put a beer cooler in every other inner tube and then drift down the Truckee River to downtown Reno. Try doing that in your gentleman's club!

Chris

 

My grandfather used to farm ice out of the Truckee River and Boca Dam (back then called Bronco) and managed payroll for National Ice Company in the early 1900's. Before WW1 he used to get payroll off a Wells Fargo stage and off the train - and pay in real gold & silver coin.

He also had to defend against actual stage and train robbers - and did so apparently a few times. He was a man you didn't mess with! LOL!

 

What kind of seeds do you use to "farm" ice?

 

Ha you don't need seeds. They're a perennial.

 

Hail if I know...

 

They're called "Ice Crystals". Very delicate, very sensitive to sunlight and extremely difficult to store.

 

ICE Farming used to be a MAJOR business until some yokel invented the refrigerator and then the freezer. Damn Him/her!

BUT, the refrigerator business is going strong!

Kinda like coal and renewable energy?

 

I'd hate to be the guy who had to plow the field before planting the Ice Crystals..

 

Brett, thanks for posting this great story on that CC coin press.