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United States Mint, Carson City, mint bag 1

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
United States Mint, Carson City, mint bag 1
SOLD
900.00USD+ (175.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 15 @ 10:33UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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This is the first offering of Carson City Mint Bags this company has ever offered. Stamped "U. S. Mint / Carson City / Nevada."
Approx. 19" H x 12" wide


Although legislation authorizing the creation of the US Mint at Carson City was passed by both houses of Congress on March 3, 1863, actual construction did not begin until three years later and the steam-powered coining presses arrived at the Carson Mint in 1869. On February 11, 1870, this press struck the first coin bearing the soon-to-be-famous CC mintmark, a Seated Liberty dollar. For nearly a quarter of a century it was used to strike most of the larger denomination pieces produced during the years the mint actually produced coins, from 1870 to 1885 and again from 1889 to 1893. When the press suffered a cracked arch in 1878, it was repaired at the local shop of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Proud of their, handiwork, V&T machinists replaced the original brass Morgan & Orr plate with one bearing the name of their famous railroad. The Carson City Mint ceased coining operations in 1893 and the presses were removed in 1899, [http://museums.nevadaculture.org/]



Used, but no holes.

City: Carson City
State: Nevada,
Date:

FHWAC#: 22746