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Volume 8
June 2012
Issue #2

CONTENTS

OPENING SALUTATIONS
Editor ................................................................................................................
 
2012 C4OA REGIONAL MEETING AND DINNER
IN CARSON CITY ANNOUNCEMENT
By Bruce Thayer ..............................................................................................
  
WHY COLLECT ONE SET OF CARSON CITY COINS ...
WHEN TWO ARE TWICE AS DIFFICULT?
By Belay Off ....................................................................................................11 
 
THE 1892-CC DOUBLE EAGLE IN MINT STATE
By Weimar White ............................................................................................21 
 
AN APPRECIATION OF CARSON CITY COINAGE
AND THE BATTLE BORN COLLECTION
By Q. David Bowers ....................................................................................... 24 
 
CRANE’S CARSON COIN CORNER—
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY – A SCARCE
COUNTERMARKED “CC” TWENTY-CENT PIECE
By John Crane...................................................................................................34 
 
ANOTHER COUNTERSTAMPED “CC” HALF DOLLAR
By Bill Bugert ...................................................................................................36 
 
 MY QUEST CONTINUES – BUILDING A SET OF
“CC” LIBERTY SEATED HALF DOLLARS
By Mark Archambault ....................................................................................38 
 
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ...............................................................42 
 
YOU’RE A REAL PISTOL –
FIREARMS FROM THE CARSON CITY MINT ERA—
C4OA WORD SEARCH PUZZLE
By Tom DeFina ...............................................................................................48 
  
1870-CC AND 1873-CC HALF EAGLES – A DYNAMIC DUO
By Michael Parrott ..........................................................................................52 
  
CLIMBING HIGH – TOWARD A
COMPLETE 111-PIECE SET OF “CC” COINS
By Rusty Goe ...................................................................................................57 
 
NEW MEMBERS ........................................................................................67 
 
FYI PAGE ......................................................................................................68 
 
DONATIONS FROM MEMBERS .......................................................72 
 
BACK ISSUE AVAILABILITY ...............................................................73 
  
 ADVERTISING RATE AND REQUIREMENTS .........................       76
  
 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ..........................................................       77
  
MINTAGE TOTALS ..................................................................................79