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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
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 ...
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.
Before the American Civil War, the US mint in New Orleans was in operation from 1838 to January 26 of 1861, which was the day Louisiana seceded from the Union. 3 days later on January 29, a Secession Convention met up in this city and allowed federal employees to stay but they would be employees of Louisiana.
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.
This branch of the Louisiana State Museum was a United States Branch mint intermittently from 1838 to 1911, striking silver and gold coins.
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. Here’s a list of the U.S. coins made in New Orleans:
