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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 266078, member: 6229&quot;]<font face="Arial"><font size="3">Before the Denver Mint was built and put into operation, the need for a one dollar silver coin in the great state of Colorado was filled by Joseph Lesher who resided in Victor, Colorado. The years of his contribution to eliminate the lack of a dollar coin in the area were 1901 and &#039;02.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Now, in actuality, though the coins he made carried the denomination of &quot;dollar&quot; they, in fact, were merchant tokens.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Before he minted the dollars he had met with the business owners of the area for three reasons: one was to ascertain the need of a dollar coin, to ensure the merchants were interested in purchasing an inventory of them.and to get input on the composition of the coins.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">All answers were in the affirmative and the coin was to be 950 fine silver alloyed with copper.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">In 1901 two unique concepts gave the coins greater acceptance, i.e. the dollars were numbered and a blank space was incorporated at the bottom of the coins in which the names of the businessmen who bought the coins could be stamped. All Lesher dollars are rare, some quite rare and some extremely rare.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Despite the scarcity, I located a merchant offering three (3) of them. The following three links are to his website. I am including all three links to the three varieties because they show the coin in very clear imagery and, by the time you read this, one or more coins may be sold. When linking to the images, if you click the coins&#039; image you will bring a new window with a larger view of the coin.</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Here&#039;s those links:</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3335" rel="nofollow">http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3335</a></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3334" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3334" rel="nofollow">http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3334</a></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3751" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3751" rel="nofollow">http://www.hallenbeckcoingallery.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=51&amp;products_id=3751</a></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Hope you enjoyed the tour,</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Clinker</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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