The Texas Stacker is a research archive and collector’s guide to Texas silver rounds, commemorative medals, and private mint issues. Our goal, to preserve Texas’ numismatic heritage.
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Start with Texas Mints:
Understand who actually produced Texas silver rounds including; Colonial Coins, Texas Mint, and other private issuers.
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View grouped series and complete Texas bullion programs.
Browse Texas Sets and Collections
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Browse individual coin entries, specifications, and historical research.
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This site is built on primary-source research, including archival records, period publications, and firsthand interviews with mint operators.
Select and browse one of 3 database archives: Mints, Sets/Collections or Coins.
Coins
The Coins section documents individual Texas silver and gold issues, including privately minted bullion rounds, commemorative medallions, and structured bullion releases from the 1970s through the modern era. Each entry provides specifications, design analysis, mint attribution, die characteristics, and historical context.
In Texas numismatic history, individual coin issues often represent specific moments in bullion marketing, private mint experimentation, or commemorative response to state milestones. By cataloging coins at the individual level, this archive preserves the details that are frequently lost in secondary markets—mint marks, strike variations, release structure, and documented attribution.
This section serves as the foundational layer of Texas numismatic research: the primary artifacts from which broader program history and mint relationships are reconstructed.
Sets / Collections
The Sets and Collections section documents coordinated releases in which multiple denominations or related designs were issued together as structured programs. These include Special Presentation Sets, multi-denomination bullion launches, and historically organized commemorative groupings.
Within Texas numismatic history, sets often reveal issuer intent more clearly than standalone coins. They demonstrate marketing strategy, program hierarchy, metal allocation structure, and coordinated design philosophy. A boxed or structured set frequently represents an inaugural release or a defining moment within a broader bullion initiative.
By documenting sets separately from individual coins, this archive preserves the contextual framework in which the coins originally circulated—ensuring that program identity is not lost when pieces are later separated in the secondary market.
Mints
The Mints section records the private and commercial entities responsible for producing Texas-themed silver and gold issues. These include Houston-based operations such as Colonial Coins, regional private mints, and later Texas bullion producers.
Understanding mint history is essential to Texas numismatic research. Corporate filings, mint marks, die usage, production techniques, and advertising records collectively establish attribution and clarify which entities were responsible for specific releases.
By documenting mints as distinct research subjects, this site connects individual coins and sets to their production origins, reconstructing the broader ecosystem of Texas private-mint bullion history.
Why Texas Numismatic Research?
In short – its personal.
I’m a 6th generation Texian and love everything about Texas and our history. When I began collection silver and gold bullion, I naturally leaned towards Texas related issues. As my collection grew – I realized that there is very little factual historical data available on Texas Numismatics, and in some cases – the information that is available is outright inaccurate. This site is my collection of research which accurately documents Texas Numismatic History.
Texas has a long tradition of privately issued silver and gold rounds, yet much of that history remains fragmented, misattributed, or entirely undocumented. Unlike federal coinage, private mint bullion was often marketed through regional dealers, small distributors, or short-lived corporate entities. Records were rarely preserved with archival intent. Corporate filings were minimal. Advertising was localized. Dies were reused, modified, or quietly retired without formal documentation.
As a result, many Texas bullion issues circulate today without clear attribution. Mint marks are misunderstood. Production origins are assumed. Marketing language such as “Official” is frequently repeated without examining original state approvals, press releases, or corporate structure. This matters.
Texas private mint issues reflect real historical moments — the Sesquicentennial of Texas Independence (1836–1986), the rise of regional bullion markets in the 1970s and 1980s, and the entrepreneurial spirit of Texas-based precious metals dealers. These rounds are part of Texas numismatic heritage, even if they were not struck by the United States Mint.
My work is driven by the belief that these pieces deserve the same level of documentation and scrutiny as federally issued coinage. That means primary-source research, corporate filings, period advertisements, die analysis, and firsthand interviews where possible. It means separating assumption from documented fact.
Preserving Texas private mint history is not about collecting alone. It is about historical clarity — ensuring that future collectors, researchers, and historians understand who produced these issues, why they were issued, and how they fit into the broader story of Texas bullion and numismatic development.
Enjoy! The Texas Stacker.