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Nevada Pony Express Medallions [161814]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Medals Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 400.00 USD
Nevada Pony Express Medallions [161814]
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225.00USDto b*******n+ buyer's premium (56.25)
This item SOLD at 2023 Apr 01 @ 13:12UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 17 brilliant uncirculated Nevada Pony Express medals. Raymond Don Schmitz Don opened Nugget Antiques in Nevada City on Mother's Day 1970 & started the Nevada City Mint in 1975. Don was a three term President of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. He received the Chamber's Elza Kilroy Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service in 1987 and the Business Person of the Year Award in 2013. Between 1977 & 2001, Don commuted over to Carson City monthly to operate the coinage press for the Carson City Museum, formerly the U. S. Mint. One of the medals he made there was commemorating the Nevada Pony Express with the reverse of: Struck On The Original / Carson City Mint Coin Press, with the "CC" mint mark.

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