![]() ![]() Its duties now were limited to the melting and assaying of bullion and the return of it to those who deposited it. The branch of the Mint was not operating under terms that warranted a full crew of officers. The office maintained this way until 1869 when Congress approved the office to operate with an assayer in charge and a melter. They were limited to melting, refining, assaying, and stamping gold bullion in addition to returning unparted, stamped bars to the same depositors. facility and its machines for $25,000 and would finally open its assay office in late September of 1863. The government then purchased the Clark, Gruber & Co. It was not until April 21, 1862, that Congress approved an act that would establish a mint in Denver that was to be exclusive to coining gold. was the most distinguished of the three and produced the largest amount of gold coins. ![]() From 1860-1862, three firms manufactured both $5 and $10 gold pieces. Why? Just like California saw in the early 1850s before the opening of San Francisco, transportation was an issue that forced them to get rid of the gold dust at a loss. However, those miners found themselves having trouble distributing the mined product. The discovery carried with it a tremendous amount of excitement but for the longest time, mining was exclusive to placer claims, or a parcel of land for which the claimant has asserted a right of possession and the right to develop and extract a discovered, valued mineral deposit according to the Bureau of Land Management. The Colorado Gold Rush began in 1858 as gold was first discovered on the Platte River near the city of Denver. While coins produced at San Francisco and West Point have garnered all the attention lately in the coin hobby with special releases, let us not forget just how important production at Denver really is. However, because of the familiarity of the “D” mintmark, many have neglected to give an adequate amount of props to the Colorado facility. With the level of importance it has today in the Mint’s overall production, it is hard to believe that it was once only an assay office. In fact, Denver alone produced nearly half of the 11.9 billion coins that circulated in 2019. Other than the nation’s first mint at Philadelphia, the Denver Mint is a branch of the United States Mint that produces an incredible amount of circulating coins every year. ![]()
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