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Leadville,CO - Lake County - c1890 - Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company Stocks :

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Leadville,CO - Lake County - c1890 - Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company Stocks :
Lot of two unissued, unsigned, undated stocks. The company was incorporated in New York. Cert.#s 707 with brown border and underprint, and A281 in green. Both have a vignette of two bears flanking a Colorado State Seal at upper left, and a man pulling a handcart underprinted. Beneath the vignette is printed: Kansas City, Mo., El Paso, Texas, and Leadville, Colo. Printer: ABN Co., NY. Stubs are attached. 7 x 11." In 1889 one of Leadville's leading silver producers decided to lobby Congress about the value of silver to the American Community. The company's stock was down, as production from Leadville had dropped, as had their industry at their Kansas City operation for Missouri lead ores. Because of political maneuvering in Washington, silver was not allowed to be purchased by the western assay offices or mints in 1889. Only Philadelphia and New Orleans. Additionally, the 16:1 (silver to gold) arguments were again becoming an issue (the demonetization of silver hd been heavily debated to years). This is the company that issued a commemorative coin, which Holabird Americana offerered in one of our 2001 catalogs, to remind Congress of silver's importance to world commerce.