Moffat Gold Coin – Imagine this for a moment: private issuance of currency isn’t frowned upon. In fact, it’s legal. There is an abundance of currencies: shinplasters, red dogs, smooth monkeys, stump tails, George Smith’s money, and Anti-Bank notes, as well as Spanish, French, and Brazilian coins. As hard as it may be to imagine […]
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By James McCartney, Numismatist & Cataloger – Stack’s Bowers ….. Economic growth catalyzed by the California Gold Rush in the early 1850s spurred demand for circulating coinage throughout the West. Unimpressed by the production of private minting firms, the citizens of California proposed that the state establish an assay office in order to regulate […]
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