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The Redfield Hoard
The Redfield Hoard was LaVere Redfield's collection of 407,000 silver Morgan dollar, Morgan and Peace dollars. The hoard was discovered in Reno, Nevada, at the home of LaVere Redfield after his death in 1974. Redfield was burglarized in 1952 and at that time he had already amassed a hoard of 270,000 silver dollars. He claimed that the authorities who investigated the burglary forced him to take the silver dollars to the bank at that time. His home was burglarized again in 1963 and newspapers in the 1980s reported that 100,000 silver dollars were taken, a figure which was disputed by Jack Harpster's book ''The curious life of Nevada's LaVere Redfield : The Silver Dollar King''. Redfield did not trust banks and paper money so he continued to collect silver dollars. He was dubbed the "Silver dollar king" after the discovery of the silver dollar hoard in 1974. From the mid 1960s to 1974 he hoarded more than 400,000 silver dollars. The entire hoard was sold to A-Mark Financial for US$ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 S Morgan Dollar From The Redfield Hoard Slabbed In A Red Paramount Holder
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Pertinax, Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa (Roman province), Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (queen), Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (Gongji), Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao (general), Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Pope Julian of Alexandria, Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
