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welcome to the Nevada State Museum my
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name is Bob Milan I'm the curator of
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history here at the Museum and I'm
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standing in our wonderful CC coin vault
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which is located in the historic portion
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of the Carson City mint which used to be
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the treasurer's office and this is one
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of the largest vaults in the in the
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buildings complex but we have this
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wonderful CC collection we almost have a
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complete collection we're only missing
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two coins so we have a hundred and a
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nine out of the hundred and eleven coins
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but this is a great collection and one
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of the pieces that I really want to
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focus on is one that we've actually
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replicated we have a replica a copy that
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we are selling now at our Museum store
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it's the CC half dollar from 1870 it was
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one of the three coins that were minted
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in the first year of operation in 1870
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there was the silver dollar the Liberty
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seated and then there was a Liberty
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seated quarter the half-dollar was the
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most produced there was some 50 - let me
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check the number of fifty four thousand
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six hundred and seventeen that were
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minted and also the fact that this
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replica is one that you can purchase and
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have and it goes with our
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sesquicentennial next year is the 150th
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anniversary of the opening of the Carson
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City mint back in first opened in
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January of 1870 and then the first coin
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was minted on February 4th and as you
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can imagine that date is coming up in
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2020 and so we have a special special
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we've even invited and he's agreed to
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come the Mint director from the US Mint
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he'll be here that day speaking and
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we're also gonna as you can imagine our
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beautiful and wonderful coin press
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number one the press that made these
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coins the for the first five years and
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the ones that are from 1870 we know it
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produced the ones that are in display
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here we are going to be minting a
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special commemorative medallion the
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cesium it was only in operation as the
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coining and minting from 1878 to 1893 so
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had a very limited run of
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years that it operated but what a
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special place and that famous CeCe met
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mark that makes it so special
