1893 attitudes on defacing money

[jeff of pa]

The Forest Republican. (Tionesta, Pa.), 19 July 1893.










https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...lars&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

 

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[IMAUDIGGER]

I’ve yet to find one, but in the early days of the gold rush, businesses stamped their names into gold coins. Some were recovered on the SS Republic shipwreck

 

[jeff of pa]

apparently the Majority of the gold rush Gold Coins have been Lost , Hidden and/or Melted in their early years

 

[coinman123]

Very interesting read, I have never even heard of those silver dollars with stickers, so I tried to find out what they look like. Here's some examples that look very close to the ones mentioned in the newspaper.