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<p>[QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 172327, member: 6763"]From the Shire Post web page: This coin was made by Shire Post Mint to emulate the famous "Yocum Dollar" coin that has become legendary in the Ozarks since the early 1800s. Interestingly, while many earestly tell the tale of the legendary coin, not one single example of the real article has ever been authenticated to exist! The tale is far too complex to reiterate here, but can be found by searching on "Yocum dollar" (also try different spellings: Yokum, Yoachum, Yochum, Joachim, etc.) In all seriousness it is considered likely that the "real" Yocum Dollar (if it ever truly existed) was in all likelihood a zinc counterfeit of foreign circulating coinage. But still, it's fun to play around with it. Here is a coin that matches the legendary tale exactly. . . and while it may not be the true article of legend, it IS truly one full ounce of .999 fine silver! (the 1935 silver quarter is shown just for scale)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 172327, member: 6763"]From the Shire Post web page: This coin was made by Shire Post Mint to emulate the famous "Yocum Dollar" coin that has become legendary in the Ozarks since the early 1800s. Interestingly, while many earestly tell the tale of the legendary coin, not one single example of the real article has ever been authenticated to exist! The tale is far too complex to reiterate here, but can be found by searching on "Yocum dollar" (also try different spellings: Yokum, Yoachum, Yochum, Joachim, etc.) In all seriousness it is considered likely that the "real" Yocum Dollar (if it ever truly existed) was in all likelihood a zinc counterfeit of foreign circulating coinage. But still, it's fun to play around with it. Here is a coin that matches the legendary tale exactly. . . and while it may not be the true article of legend, it IS truly one full ounce of .999 fine silver! (the 1935 silver quarter is shown just for scale)[/QUOTE]
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