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Harold HC Whitley Sitting Bull Drawing

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Harold HC Whitley Sitting Bull Drawing
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Colored Pencil. 8 3/4" by 10 5/8" framed. Harold Whitley (1938) was active/lived in Montana. Harold Whitley is known for Painting. Believing that gold keeps the politicians honest Harold Whitley presses coins from delicate dies in his Hamilton mint where he keeps his Doberman, Hilda, and a trusty side arm around just in case. HAMILTON - At the United States Mint in Denver, 59 coin presses operate 24 hours a day, five days a week to produce 27 million pieces a day. At the Whitley Mint in Hamilton there are only two presses, one manual and one electric that operate two to seven days a week and produce from 20 to 100 coins daily. At the Denver mint many different coins are made, but the only gold to be seen Is in a glass-enclosed display case. The Whitley Mint produces only three types of coins, but each Is .999 plus pure gold. At the Whitley Mint, the owner, Harold Whitley, is the entire production crew. He melts and rolls out the metal ingots into strips and cuts out the planchets or discs with a punch press. He Inserts a single disc, with the two steel dies which make the coin Impressions, Into a die collar. He must be sure there are no fingerprints or grease spots on the dies to mar the finished coin. The die collar is placed on the press and pressure is applied to stamp the coin. Next Whitley takes the die collar apart, knocks out the coin and applies a ridged edge with a hand-operated knurling machine, The completed coin Is weighed. If it Is not a hair overweight It Is not good enough for Whitley and It is melted down to be restruck. small coins are more negotiable than the larger ones. They are a survival asset during an economic crisis, he said. Whitley spent most of his youth on his grandparents' cattle ranch in Humboldt County, Calif. He moved to the Darby area in 1956 at the age of 18 and worked as a guide and packer. He is a self-taught artist and sold his first oil painting in 1959, when he was In the Army. He also did a lot of wood carving and clay sculpture. Whitley became a full-time artist in 1966. A 1970 exhibit of his art pieces at the Whitney Gallery of Western Art In Cody, Wyo., opened a lot of doors, he said. His work Is now seen in galleries in Great Falls, Sun Valley, Idaho, and other areas.
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