{"product_id":"forgotten-colorado-silver-joseph-leshers-defiant-coins-9781540217158","title":"Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher's Defiant Coins","description":"At the turn of the last century, miner Joseph Lesher attempted to raise the price of silver by privately minting octagonal \"Referendum souvenir medal\" coins with values of $1.25 or $1. They were common in Victor, Cripple Creek, Denver and other places in Colorado in the days after William Jennings Bryan fought unsuccessfully for free silver. Surviving an initial dust-up with the Secret Service, Lesher found a loophole to place them in circulation in 1900 and 1901. Today, coin collectors pay more than $1,000 for one. This is the story of Joseph Lesher and his audacious private mint, along with the merchants in the mining towns and elsewhere who supported him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540217158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Robert D. Leonard Jr., Ken Hallenbeck Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36658088640668,"sku":"9781540217158","price":27.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dd4cac97-63fe-4d39-beb9-dfdfd568ec6a.jpg?v=1603892239","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/forgotten-colorado-silver-joseph-leshers-defiant-coins-9781540217158","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}