Description
1 oz Copper Prospector Series Sheriff Round Bullion Collectible - Brand New
The obverse of 1 oz Copper Prospector Series Sheriff Rounds comes with a depiction of a tough, stoic Sheriff stepping up to defend law and order in his town. The sheriff has his gun drawn and is staring down an unseen criminal element. One of his deputies is at the ready in the doorway to the Sheriffs office just over the Sheriffs left shoulder, while another one of his deputies is providing cover fire from above the Mercantile shop over the Sheriffs right shoulder. The inscription accompanying the design on this side reads Sheriff.
Reverse
On the reverse side of Copper Prospector Series Sheriff Rounds features everyday life carrying on along the Main Street of an American West town. Here, people stroll along the dirt road near the Hotel and Saloon, with some patrons headed out of the saloon as others are just ambling through town. The inscription at the top reads One Ounce .999 Fine Copper.
History
The height of violence in the American West came after the US Civil War. Millions of American men had served in the Civil War for the Union Army and the Confederate Army. After the war, vast stretches of the South, in particular, were left in ruin and hundreds of thousands of former soldiers had nothing to do and new-found skills with a gun. Many of these men went West in search of a new start. Those who could find a trade and had no means to start a business hired themselves out as gunslingers, creating a lawless environment in the process as people took matters into their own hands. It was up to the Sheriffs to try and keep the peace