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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE VIDEO: THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE TRAIN
These are selections from the David Lisot Video Library that feature news and personalities from the world of coin collecting. David has been attending coin conventions since 1972 and began videotaping in 1985. The Newman Numismatic Portal now lists all David's videos on their website at:
Here's one on the Confederate Treasure Train. -Editor 
Furious Flight of the Confederate Treasure Train, Where Did All the Southern Dough Go?
Presenters: Rick Lank & Rebecca Rush, Talisman & Coiner Productions,
When it was clear the South was going to lose the Civil War the Confederate Treasury and the Richmond Banks dispatched trains with the remaining money of the South thru Danville, Charlotte, Abbeville, Augusta and more. Learn about this frantic flight and the gold, silver, paper money and bonds that were spirited away and what happened to all that Southern Dough! Told by authors and storytellers Rick Lank and Rebecca Rush.
An excerpt of the video is available for viewing on the Coin Television YouTube Channel at:
David adds: "Rick Lank & Rebecca Rush are a team of dedicated researchers and story tellers that tell the tale of the final moments of the fallen South. We videotaped them at the recent Pennsylvania Association of Numismatics Convention in Pittsburgh on October 2021. PAN is a great group of people dedicated to the coin hobby and furthering numismatic education. Tom Uram and Patrick McBride are to thanked for all their help."
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