The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 33, August 15, 2004, Article 15

CARSON CITY QUARTER SPENT IN COIN SHOW STUNT

  An August 11 article in the Reno Gazette-Journal recounts
  how E-Sylum subscriber Rusty Goe spent a valuable Carson
  City mint coin to promote a local coin show.

  "The search is on for an 1877-CC Liberty Seated quarter
  minted in Carson City that is worth $300 to the person who
  redeems the valuable coin at the Nevada State Museum.

  Reno coin dealer and collector Rusty Goe purposely spent
  the quarter in Carson City last weekend to raise awareness
  for the Carson City Mint Coin Show on Aug. 28-29 at the
  state museum."

  "Goe said he made a $2.37 purchase at [a] store and paid
  with a stack of quarters with the rare coin tucked among the
  modern quarters.

  "I tried to divert the clerk's attention in the hope that he
  wouldn't just look at each quarter and he didn't," he said.

  Goe said he has the receipt that shows the date, time and
  location of his purchase. He said the transaction was
  photographed from a distance.

  "I winked into the camera then I walked out of the store,
  and we took pictures outside to use as a reference. The
  cashier had no idea what was going on," he said."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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