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Virginia City Check w/ Rare Deidesheimer Autograph

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Virginia City Check w/ Rare Deidesheimer Autograph
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150.00USDto r******c+ buyer's premium (29.25)
This item SOLD at 2014 Dec 10 @ 16:18UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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A 1870 Gould & Curry Silver Mining check with US revenue imprint. Signed by Philip Deidesheimer. Deidesheimer was the brilliant German mining engineer--arguably one of the most important men on the Comstock--who created the square-set timber system while working for the Ophir Mine in 1860. This design allowed the Comstock miners to open and support larger cavities and work bigger ore bodies in the soft Comstock rock. Deidesheimer refused to patent the invention. His signature is a prized Comstock autograph.

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City: Virginia City
State: Nevada
ID: 20212