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    The Carson City Mint was a branch of the United States Mint in Carson City, Nevada. It primarily minted silver coins; however, it also minted gold coins...
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    building was constructed from 1870 to 1871. The United States Mint operated the Carson City Mint between the years 1870 and 1893, which struck gold and silver...
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    the 1970s, the Treasury conducted a sale of silver dollars minted at the Carson City Mint through the General Services Administration. In 2006, Morgan's...
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  • Charlotte Mint (March 27, 1838), O for the New Orleans Mint (May 8, 1838), S for the San Francisco Mint (April 3, 1854), CC for the Carson City Mint (February...
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    1886 to 1888. Like the Charlotte and Dahlonega branches, the Carson City Mint (CC mint mark) was opened to take advantage of local precious metal deposits...
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    branch mints, past and present: From 1965 to 1967 all U.S. coins were struck without mint marks. David W, Lange (2006). History of the United States Mint and...
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    Abraham Curry (category Politicians from Carson City, Nevada)
    senator from 1863 to 1864. He was also the first superintendent of the Carson City Mint and the first warden of Nevada State Prison. Curry donated 10 acres...
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  • Philadelphia Mint D = Denver Mint S = San Francisco Mint W = West Point Mint O = New Orleans Mint CC = Carson City Mint United States cent mintage figures Lincoln...
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    Money portal Numismatics portal Mints designed for the manufacture of coins have been commonplace since coined currency was first developed around 600...
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  • organization with fifteen members CC, mint mark of Carson City Mint, a former branch of the United States mint Coburger Convent, a German and Austrian...
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  • $0.60. On November 1, 1895, US mints halted production of silver coins, and the government closed the Carson City Mint. Banks discouraged the use of silver...
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    Cultural Affairs. The primary building of the museum is the former Carson City Mint. The exhibits include: The world's largest exhibited Columbian Mammoth...
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    appears under the eagle on the reverse. P (Philadelphia Mint) CC (Carson City Mint) S (San Francisco Mint) That is, not the trade dollar, that would weigh more...
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    on July 14. The Carson City Mint received its first dies for the new coins on July 22, and those intended for the San Francisco Mint arrived shortly after...
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  • one mint to another. A well-known example is the 1900 Morgan silver dollar, when reverse dies with "CC" below the eagle were sent from the Carson City Mint...
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    National Register of Historic Places listings in Wasco County, Oregon Carson City Mint Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1888). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History...
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    list below is of all mint marks used on the dollar coin: C: Charlotte, North Carolina (gold coins only; 1838–1861). CC: Carson City, Nevada (1870–1893)...
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  • had been the main highway between Los Angeles, California and Salt Lake City, Utah, it has been bypassed by Interstate 15 and serves mainly local traffic...
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    Roswell K. Colcord (category Politicians from Carson City, Nevada)
    Superintendent of the United States Mint's Carson City Mint, a position he held from 1898 to 1911. At that time, the Mint did not produce money, but was a...
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    1861 — Church of the New Jerusalem, Glendale, Ohio 1866-1870 — Carson City Mint, Carson City, Nevada 1867 — Courthouse and Post Office, Madison, Wisconsin...
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    of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state. Nevada is officially known...
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    the Carson City Mint; the first to be issued were 2,303 pieces paid to a Mr. A. Wright on February 11, 1870. The dollar was struck at Carson City from...
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    wings and tail feathers were also slightly elongated. In 1870, the Carson City Mint opened in Nevada at the urging of silver mining interests, so that...
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    building built in Nevada (the earliest federal building in Nevada is the Carson City Mint), and the only one of its architectural style, which is Richardsonian...
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    Las Vegas Sun reported that some of Ted Binion's rare coins with a Carson City Mint mark were presumed stolen after his death. Chief Deputy District Attorney...
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    remaining old silver dollars in government inventories, many from the Carson City Mint. The base metal dollar and half dollar were struck beginning in 1971...
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    jurisdictions designated as counties. Carson City is officially a consolidated municipality, meaning it legally functions as both a city and a county. As of 1919,...
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    that completed and operated a railway line between its namesake cities (Salt Lake City, Utah, and Los Angeles, California), via Las Vegas, Nevada. Incorporated...
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    United States Assay Commission (category United States Mint)
    Commission found that approximately 3,000 silver dollars struck at the Carson City Mint (1881-CC) had been struck in .892 silver rather than the legally mandated...
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    Mint minted half eagles from 1840 to 1861. The San Francisco Mint first produced half eagles in 1854, its first year of operation, as did Carson City...
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