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Volume 8
November 2012
Issue #3
CONTENTS
| OPENING SALUTATIONS | |
| Editor ................................................................................................................ | 6 |
| ANNOUNCING 2013 C4OA REGIONAL MEETING AND DINNER IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA | |
| By Bruce Thayer .............................................................................................. | 7 |
| THREE DAYS IN AUGUST – BATTLE BORN WEEK IN PHILADELPHIA | |
| By Bruce Thayer .............................................................................................. | 8 |
| A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY AND A ROOM WITH A VIEW – MY UP-CLOSE EXPERIENCE WITH THE BATTLE BORN COLLECTION | |
| By Michael Parrott .......................................................................................... | 16 |
| UPDATE ON CARSON CITY HALF DOLLAR DIE MARRIAGES | |
| By Bill Bugert ................................................................................................... | 22 |
| CRANE’S CARSON COIN CORNER— PICKING PLUMS FROM THE TREE OF COUNTERMARKED CARSON CITY COINS | |
| By John Crane................................................................................................... | 24 |
| THE C4OA’S 2012 WESTERN REGIONAL EVENT IN CARSON CITY | |
| By Bruce Thayer .............................................................................................. | 48 |
| MY FIRST C4OA REGIONAL MEETING – CARSON CITY, NV, 2012 | |
| By Mark Archambault .................................................................................... | 32 |
| RUSTY GOE WINS NLG AWARD FOR 1870-CC DOUBLE EAGLE COIN WORLD ARTICLE | |
| By Maya Jones .................................................................................................. | 36 |
| NEW ADDITIONS TO MY GSA MEMORABILIA COLLECTION | |
| By Mitchell Yee ................................................................................................ | 37 |
| BRUCE THAYER RECEIVES PLAQUE IN APPRECIATION OF HIS ROLE AS MEETING COORDINATOR ........................... | 38 |
| BACK ISSUE AVAILABILITY ............................................................... | 39 |
| CURRY’S CHRONICLE WINS TWO MORE LITERARY AWARDS ................................................................................ | 40 |
| ADVERTISING RATE AND REQUIREMENTS ......................... | 41 |
| STACK’S BOWERS GALLERIES POST-BATTLE BORN AUCTION PRESS RELEASE ................................................................. | 42 |
| LETTERS THE THE EDITOR ............................................................ | 46 |
| DONATIONS FROM MEMBERS ....................................................... | 53 |
| STAGECOACHES IN THE COMSTOCK AND CARSON MINT ERA—C4OA WORD SEARCH PUZZLE | |
| By Tom DeFina .............................................................................................. | 54 |
| 1876-CC DOUBLE EAGLES IN MS-63 OR HIGHER ARE EXTREMELY RARE | |
| By Weimar W. White ..................................................................................... | 61 |
| THE QUEST COMPLETED … OR IS IT? – COLLECTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR “CC” HALF DOLLARS | |
| By Mark Archambault ................................................................................... | 63 |
| ONE NIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA WITH THE BATTLE BORN COLLECTION OF CARSON CITY COINS | |
| By Rusty Goe .................................................................................................. | 66 |
| FYI PAGE ...................................................................................................... | 77 |
| MEMBERSHIP ROSTER ....................................................................... | 79 |
| NON-RENEWALS ROSTER ................................................................. | 81 |
| NEW MEMBERS AND LIFE MEMBERS ROSTERS .................. | 82 |
| A SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLES FOR 2012 ................................. | 83 |
| ARTICLE CONTRIBUTORS TO DATE ........................................... | 86 |
| MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ........................................................... | 87 |
| MINTAGE TOTALS .................................................................................. | 89 |