BRIGHT INKS AND PAPER ARE SEEN ON THIS HIGH GRADE EXAMPLE GRADED 66 EPQ BY PMG.

AUSTIN NEVADA WAS NAMED AFTER AUSTIN TEXAS AND FOUNDED IN 1862. BY LATE 1863 THE TOWN HAD GROWN BY THOUSANDS SEEKING FORTUNES IN A SILVER RUSH IN LANDER COUNTY.

THE MANHATTAN SILVER COMPANY WAS SHORT COINAGE TO PAY THEIR MINERS. PRIVATE CURRENCY SCRIPT WAS PROHIBITED BY THE NEVADA CONSTITUTION SO IN 1875 PAXTON & CURTIS TRIED TO DISGUISE SCRIPT AS BEARER CHECKS BUT DID NOT SUCCEED. THE MINERS REFUSED PAYMENT AND THE SHEETS OF $1,$3,$5,$10,$20,$50,$100 WERE NEVER ISSUED. THESE REMAINDERS ARE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE.

ADD A PIECE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY TO YOUR COLLECTION. AS A BONUS REPEAT SERIAL # 3535