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NV, Rawhide-Mineral County-Nevada Silver Co. Ingot

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Bullion Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
NV, Rawhide-Mineral County-Nevada Silver Co. Ingot
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
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Friday & Saturday
April 12-13, 2012
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Grand Ballroom #4
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday April 14th, 10am-1pm

Obv.: Nevada Silver co. (eagle pictorial) / 999 fine / 4.11 ozs. / Val. $5.30; Rev.: silver / 999 fine. 1.25x2.25x.25. (A 4.78 oz. similar piece sold at auction in 2012 for $1495.)

The Nevada Silver Co. was incorporated in Nevada on January 18, 1919 by C.E. Crowley, H.K. Linger and Ed Wynn (lawyers and a constable), all directors and officers located and living in Idaho Falls Idaho. Their resident agent in Nevada was W.H. Leonard in Rawhide, Nevada, whose office was listed as in Room 1 of the Post Office building in Rawhide.

Rawhide was an exceptionally active gold camp in west central Nevada that boomed late about 1908-9. After numerous mining company consolidations, the town quickly dropped in size, though the post office remained open until 1941, probably with only a resdient or two hanging on until Uncle Sam figured out that the salary they paid the postmaster exceeded his deposits by a long shot. Leonard was credited with finding the Nevada Scheelite deposit in 1930, five miles west of Rawhide. It is difficult to speculate who was behind the Nevada Silver Co. Promotion, but it may have been Leonard backed by the Idaho Falls lawyers, who may have been friends of Leonard`s from earlier rawhide days. The Nevada Silver Co.`s charter was revoked in March, 1932, probably as a result of Leonard`s success at Nevada Scheelite. The Rawhide townsite is gone today, part of a huge open pit gold mine run by Kennecott. [Ref: HK`s Fall 2006 ingot catalog, page 66]. HKA#62296