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Pioneer on November 8, 2011, 9:36 pm
As we all know, HK-876 was reported as a medal struck to test the presses at the opening of the Denver, CO mint in 1905. The medal size (35mm) is similar to the $20 double eagle diameter of 34mm, and the history behind the founding of the Denver mint relates to the Clark Gruber & Co., a famous banking firm that thrived during the Colorado gold rush (which occurred about 10 year after the california gold rush of 1849). The 1861 $20 Clark Gruber piece is quite appealing and expensive (http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/CoinDetail.aspx?s=10142&redir=t). In 1863 the US treasury department purchased the firm, which later became the US mint in Denver. While my HK-876 is below, I find it interesting that modern day equivalents can be found from Daniel Carr ( http://www.dc-coin.com/ ) with his firm selling medals made from the Grabener Coin press, a restored Denver coin press he uses to make some interesting modern day medals (see his website). I am not advocating for anyone to purchase his creations; rather, it's interesting to see them and some of the modern day creations with many historical parallels. I also think other modern privates mints, including the Medallic Art Company (now aka the Northwest Territorial Mint) -- www.medallic.com -- certainly have strong historical ties to So Called Dollars, as quite a fewthe pieces in the H+K book were made by the Medallic Art Company. edited by rjesinger on 11/8/2011
As we all know, HK-876 was reported as a medal struck to test the presses at the opening of the Denver, CO mint in 1905. The medal size (35mm) is similar to the $20 double eagle diameter of 34mm, and the history behind the founding of the Denver mint relates to the Clark Gruber & Co., a famous banking firm that thrived during the Colorado gold rush (which occurred about 10 year after the california gold rush of 1849). The 1861 $20 Clark Gruber piece is quite appealing and expensive (http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/CoinDetail.aspx?s=10142&redir=t). In 1863 the US treasury department purchased the firm, which later became the US mint in Denver. While my HK-876 is below, I find it interesting that modern day equivalents can be found from Daniel Carr ( http://www.dc-coin.com/ ) with his firm selling medals made from the Grabener Coin press, a restored Denver coin press he uses to make some interesting modern day medals (see his website). I am not advocating for anyone to purchase his creations; rather, it's interesting to see them and some of the modern day creations with many historical parallels. I also think other modern privates mints, including the Medallic Art Company (now aka the Northwest Territorial Mint) -- http://www.medallic.com -- certainly have strong historical ties to So Called Dollars, as quite a fewthe pieces in the H+K book were made by the Medallic Art Company. edited by rjesinger on 11/8/2011
