Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
Posts: 2,365
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GOOD FOR 5c - R.M. ABRIL - IN TRADE; Rx: 5
Mr. Manuel Abril was born in Arizona and had lived in Tombstone for 60 years (1882 - 1957). He was a barber and at one time was caretaker of Boothill Cemetery. This is a rarity R10 (-1918-). The Abril mine in the western Dragoon mountains, near Tombstone, was named after Manuel and J.S, Abril. The Abril Mine, yielded large amounts of zinc and copper from its extensive system of tunnels, during the first half of the twentieth century.
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