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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnny54321, post: 681268, member: 13342&quot;]<font face="Arial">Ok, so this last weekend we celebrated my parent&#039;s anniversary with a trip to Lake Tahoe. My sister had a timeshare in Genoa, so we stayed there and just happened to be 5 miles from Carson City. With some mild persuasion, I convinced my parents and wife to take a trip to the old Carson City mint; that is now the Nevada State Museum. Very neat place above and beyond just the coin world....I&#039;d recommend it to anyone near by. They take you through the entire mining/minting process, from raw ore and dirt, into a freshly minted coin. They also have a fascinating underground mine exhibit that really puts you into the miner&#039;s shoes and the environment they worked in....well minus the 130 degree temperatures and collapsing caves.<img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_smile_blackeye.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p><p><font face="Arial"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Arial">Ok, anyways; back to the coins. They had a complete set of Carson City Coins! WOW!<img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_smile_drool.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_smile_drool.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> I was in awe, so I had to take some photos. They were behind steel bars.... I tried to reach in and touch, but my arms just weren&#039;t long enough..</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial">fortunately, no alarms were set off. Ok, here they are in all there glory. And yes, the 1876 cc 20 cent piece was with them!</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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