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Detailed information about the coin Token, New Orleans Mint (New Orleans, Louisiana), United States, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data
29 Αυγ 2022 · The New Orleans Mint produced 472 million silver and gold coins with a face value of $307 million. In part two of this three-part series on the New Orleans Mint, I will expand on the history from the late 1840s up until the early Civil War.
The New Orleans Mint (French: Monnaie de La Nouvelle-Orléans) operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination , with a total face value of over US$ 307 ...
Some 20 Capped Bust half dollars dated 1838 (with an obverse mintmark above the date) were also made, resulting in one of the great rarities in U.S. numismatics. Production of half dollars began in 1839, and production of quarters began the following year in 1840.
9 Ιαν 2022 · The gold in New Orleans was the ground itself – the city wanted a mint and offered the government a piece of prime real estate. It was too good to refuse and, realistically, a New Orleans facility made sense.
The New Orleans branch was built in 1835 and it began coining operations 3 years later. Of the 3 new mints that began operations in 1838, New Orleans produced by far the most coinage. It also made both silver coins and gold coins, whereas the Charlotte and Dahlonega mints struck only gold coins.
The first silver dollars, of the Liberty Seated design, were minted at New Orleans in 1846, the quantity being 59,000. Virtually all wee placed into commercial circulation, and not even a specimen was saved for the Mint Cabinet (established in Philadelphia in June 1838).
