Redfield Dollars
LaVere Redfield was born into poverty in Ogden, Utah on October 29, 1897. It’s ironic – Ogden, is the western headquarters for the IRS, the agency Redfield loathed. When he died in Reno shortly before his 77th birthday in 1974, the estate he left to be probated was valued at $70 million. Redfield had a reputation for knowing what things were worth. In his early twenties he made a living digging potatoes in Idaho. By the time he turned twenty-four he was managing a department
