BOOM AND BUST IN SILVER CITY
Jan 14, 2022
2 minutes
The record-breaking sales of Carson City coinage conjure up images of burgeoning 19th-century townships complete with the obligatory sheriff, brothel and hostelry, where rugged types would have thrown down their silver coins in exchange for refreshment and rejuvenation.
The population of Carson City – then part of the Utah territory, today in modern-day Nevada –
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