common1945-1980

Silver Centennial 4c Stamp

Name: Silver Centennial 4c Stamp
Brand: United States

United States · 1959 · 4¢

A 4-cent stamp depicting a miner with a pickaxe and a mule, commemorating a silver centennial.

Issued in 1959 to mark the 100th anniversary of a significant silver discovery, likely related to the Comstock Lode, a pivotal event in American mining history.

Printing Method

Engraved

Themes

commemorative mining history centennial

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