THIS IS A PIECE OF HISTORY NOT ONLY OF MID 1800'S SILVER MINING, IN THE SILVER MINES NEAR ASPEN CO, BUT A PIECE OF MEXICAN HISTORY AS WELL. THE COIN IS SOLID PURE SILVER.
I BOUGHT THIS COIN FROM A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE IN FT. COLLINS CO. ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. SHE WAS 101 YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME SHE TOLD THE STORY. SHE TOLD ME THAT IT CAME FROM HER GREAT UNCLE THAT MINED SILVER IN ASPEN ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE 49ERS WERE TAKING GOLD OUT OF CA.
GOOD CHANCE THAT HE WORE THIS WHILE HE WAS MINING SILVER IN THESE MINES WAY UP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CO. DUE TO THE FACT IT IS SO WORN OUT, IT MAKES ME WONDER HE WORE IT ALL THE TIME ALONG WITH HIS MINING DOG TAGS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT DATE ON IT, READING 1785 ON THE COIN. THE MEXICANS BROUGHT A LOT OF SILVER UP FROM MEXICO ABOUT THE LATE 1700'S. SO THAT IS WHY THESE MINERS GOT THESE COINS IN THE 1840'S.
THAT BEING SAID, IT WOULD MAKE NOT ONLY A GREAT NECKLACE, BUT ALSO A GREAT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT DINNER.
THANKS FOR LOOKING,
AARON