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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 8315981, member: 114169&quot;][USER=20201]@TheNickelGuy[/USER] ,</p><p><br /></p><p>Along the lines of your Nevada Heraldic Art medal and the history of silver, are the Colorado Jos. W. Lesher Referendum Dollars. </p><p><br /></p><p>Minted in and around 1900, the original silver octagon Lesher Referendum Dollars quickly became an important part of Colorado and silvers history. </p><p><br /></p><p>While the original Lesher Dollars are scarce to rare and generally unaffordable to most collectors,&nbsp; between 1985 and 1993 the American Numismatic Association and the City of Victor reproduced fundraising tribute reproductions that are still hard to find, but much more affordable. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472423[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472424[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472410[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472411[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472409[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These fundraising tributes were minted in quantities of 1,000 each, mirroring the total number of original pieces minted.&nbsp; Most of these modern tribute pieces have survived,&nbsp; making them much easier to find.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://so-calleddollars.com/Events/Lesher_Dollars.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://so-calleddollars.com/Events/Lesher_Dollars.html" rel="nofollow">https://so-calleddollars.com/Events/Lesher_Dollars.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If those are still to difficult to locate, between roughly 2014 and 2017 Daniel Carr struck a number of Lesher tribute pieces of his own design that are quite desirable in their own right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472419[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472420[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472421[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472422[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Z[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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