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Volume 5
March 2009
Issue #1
CONTENTS
| OPENING SALUTATIONS | |
| Editor .................................................................................................. | 6 |
| LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT | |
| Editor .................................................................................................. | 9 |
| SO WHAT MAKES ME A CARSON CITY COIN COLLECTOR? | |
| By Jack Haddock ................................................................................. | 11 |
| IN PURSUIT OF TONED "CC" MORGAN DOLLARS AND VAM VARIETIES | |
| By Roger Pollock ................................................................................. | 17 |
| FAKE "CC" COINS, FAKE PCGS AND NGC HOLDERS, AND THE COLLECTOR MARKET | |
| By Michael S. Fey ................................................................................ | 20 |
| A CHOICE 1893-CC DOUBLE EAGLE | |
| By Weimar White ................................................................................ | 23 |
| NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT TWO HALF EAGLE VARIETIES DO NOT EXIST | |
| By John W. McCloskey ........................................................................ | 26 |
| THE AFTERMATH OF A PQ EPIPHANY | |
| By “Belay Off” .................................................................................... | 31 |
| GSA HOARD VS. REDFIELD HOARD | |
| By Marshall R. Turner ......................................................................... | 39 |
| WHAT SHOULD I PAY FOR THAT CERTIFIED $20 "CC" GOLD COIN? | |
| By Roger Scott .................................................................................... | 40 |
| "CC" COINS ON THE AUCTION BLOCK | |
| Editor .................................................................................................. | 40 |
| HOW I BECAME INVOLVED WITH CARSON CITY COINS | |
| By James D. Sneddon .......................................................................... | 43 |
| THE 1891-CC GOLD EAGLE IN MINT STATE | |
| Weimar W. White ................................................................................ | 62 |
| A THING OR TWO ABOUT THE 1876-CC DDR TRADE DOLLAR, OR...BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK BECAUSE YOU JUST MIGHT GET AN ANSWER | |
| By “Belay Off” .................................................................................... | 64 |
| HAL’S "DUNN" IT AGAIN! C4OA WORD SEARCH PUZZLE | |
| By Tom DeFina ................................................................................... | 74 |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | |
| Editor .................................................................................................. | 78 |
| A NEWBIE'S PLEA FOR MORE ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS | |
| By Maya Roberts ................................................................................. | 87 |
| THE PLEASURES OF COLLECTING CIRCULATED CARSON CITY COINS | |
| By Anthony R. Arnold ......................................................................... | 90 |
| STATISTICALLY AND “FIGURE-ATIVELY” SPEAKING | |
| By Kenneth Braker .............................................................................. | 93 |
| ESTIMATING "CC" COIN SURVIVAL TOTALS: A GROUNDLESS GAME OR A SOUND SCIENCE? | |
| By Rusty Goe ...................................................................................... | 95 |
| NEW MEMBERS AND LIFETIME MEMBERS ROSTER | 106 |
| ADVERTISING RATES AND REQUIREMENT | 108 |
| MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION | 109 |
| MINTAGE TOTALS | 111 |