Endurance

Can we last forever
Will we fall apart
At times it's so confusing
Questions of the heart
--Survivor

A month back we gazed at Fountain Square circa 1962. The below pic shows Fountain Square in 1875. The view is looking east on Fifth Street.

When I view old pics like this, I often wonder what in the picture might still be around today. None of the people, of course. Very little of the infrastructure either.

Maybe some of the items in people's pockets?

1875-CC $20 Liberty PCGS XF45 CAC

Here's a twenty dollar gold piece struck in 1875 at the Carson City Mint. The CC Mint itself was shut down in 1893 although the building still stands as the Nevada State Museum.

How many hands have touched this coin over its nearly 140 yrs of existence? Perhaps it could have been found, shiny and new, in someone's pocket that day on Fountain Square.