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Coin Date: 1901 Denomination (Short): Lesher $ Denomination (Long): Lesher Dollar Variety: Imprint Type, Clark stamp Variety 2: HK-1021a Desg: MS Composition: 95% silver; 5% copper Strike Type: Private Coinage Type: Lesher (Referendum) Dollars Coinage Years: 1900-1901 Mint Location: Victor, CO Diameter: 32 Fineness: 0.95 Weight (Grams): 26.73 Weight (Ounces): 0.943 Designer: Joseph W. Lesher Edge: Plain General Notes: Distributed in 1900 and 1901 by Joseph Lesher of Victor, Colorado, these private tokens were used in trade to some extent, and stocked by various merchants who redeemed them in goods. Coins were numbered and a blank space left at bottom of 1901 issues, in which were stamped names of businessmen who bought them.
