About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Directors of the United States Mint, United States Mint engravers, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Elias Boudinot, New Orleans Mint, United States Mint coin production, David Rittenhouse, District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters, United States Bullion Depository, Philip N. Diehl, America the Beautiful Quarters, Coinage Act of 1792, Don Everhart, Philadelphia Mint, San Francisco Mint, Henry William de Saussure, James P. Kimball, James Barton Longacre, Edward O. Leech, James Pollock, Edmund C. Moy, West Point Mint, George E. Roberts, Frank Gasparro, William Kneass, Denver Mint, Mary Brooks, United States Mint Police, Abram Andrew, Robert M. Patterson, Jay W. Johnson, John Mercanti, Christian Gobrecht, Henrietta H. Fore, Charlotte Mint, Robert Patterson, Carson City Mint, William Findlay, Robert Scot, Dahlonega Mint, Thomas M. Pettit, Samuel Moore, Henry Linderman, William Barber, Elizabeth Jones, Historical United States mints, Roswell K. Colcord, Trygve Rovelstad, Joe Fitzgerald, Charles E. Barber, George T. Morgan, George Nicholas Eckert, John R. Sinnock, Moritz Fuerst, Manila Mint, Gilroy Roberts, Artistic Infusion Program, Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. Excerpt: The New Orleans Mint 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 million. It was closed during most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. After its decommissioning as a mint, the building served a variety of purposes, including as an assay office, a United States Coast Guard storage facility and a fallout shelter. Since 1981 it has served as a branch of the Louisiana State Museum. Damaged by Hurrica...
