History of America's Forgotten Mints

As the United States expanded, the Treasury department needed to establish assay offices and branch mints to allow miners and prospectors to turn their gold and silver into coins. The history of the nation's forgotten mints is the history of those thousands of men and women who went to the frontier to seek their fortune in gold and silver.
This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As images of actual events are sometimes not available, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.
All events are portrayed in historical context and for educational purposes. No images or content are primarily intended to shock and disgust. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Non censuram.
Find The History Guy at:
Facebook: / thehistoryguyyt
Patreon: / thehistoryguy
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered is the place to find short snippets of forgotten history from five to fifteen minutes long. If you like history too, this is the channel for you.
Subscribe for more forgotten history: / @thehistoryguychannel .
Awesome The History Guy merchandise is available at:
teespring.com/stores/the-hist...
Script by JCG
#usmint #thehistoryguy #ushistory

Пікірлер: 679

  • @anncorsaro1895
    @anncorsaro18955 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for mentioning the Mint in Charlotte NC. It's now, as you stated a museum. An art museum that holds various events and has wonderful fine art work, ceramic, and costume exhibitions and now has a modern art Mint Museum in "uptown" Charlotte. Iam originally from California and moved here in 1990. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that we had a Gold Rush here too! Anyway, I sure enjoy your historical episodes and your commitment to showcasing those forgotten or unknown historical events.

  • @lrodpeterson3046
    @lrodpeterson30465 жыл бұрын

    When I saw the coin rolling, the first thing that came to mind is that the actor, Val Kilmer can also do that. He makes a point of displaying the talent in many of his movie roles. Iceman in "Top Gun" and Doc Holliday in "Tombstone" are two that come to mind.

  • @trescatorce9497

    @trescatorce9497

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes, but someone before Val did it in a movie. Who?

  • @LMacNeill

    @LMacNeill

    2 жыл бұрын

    And he did it in the movie Real Genius as well. 🙂

  • @jeffreyshreve1277

    @jeffreyshreve1277

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@trescatorce9497 That would be W. C. Fields, I am sorry that I do not remember the movie but I also know that it co-starred Mae West.

  • @danielwalker4881
    @danielwalker48815 жыл бұрын

    I am a Native Charlottean, I love the mention by the History Guy! The reason the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s, aka UNCC’s mascot is a 49er! Actually, the County was Cabarrus, present day Concord, NC not far from where the University sits, off US Highway 49. The former Mint in Charlotte houses the Mint Museum now, which was relocated, when the building was demolished to expand the post office next door.

  • @michaelmccarthy4615
    @michaelmccarthy46155 жыл бұрын

    Im familiar with the Carson City mint. When I was a kid (during the Nixon administration) the US government released for sale through silent bidding 1,000's of uncirculated Morgan silver dollars minted in Carson City. I had a small coin collection and my father helped by doing the paperwork and paying for the silver dollars we won at bid. We didn't get to choose which coins we were bidding on, they all have some surface scratches from the bags they were stored in together, but never circulated. I still dont recall how the government came apon this large discovery of unused CC marked silver dollars about 90 years later at the time. The dozen or so coins we acquired have various values today but they all are still housed in their individual original clear plastic case with a short note from Richard M. Nixon...

  • @rogerdavies6226

    @rogerdavies6226

    5 жыл бұрын

    neat

  • @sarjim4381

    @sarjim4381

    5 жыл бұрын

    Michael, the Carson City Mint dollars came from the Treasury Department. They were being held in reserve for those exchanging silver certificates for silver dollars. That's how I got started collecting them back in the late 50's. Hard to imagine now, but a common date silver dollar was worth exactly one dollar. Convertibility of silver certificates to silver dollars ended in 1964 as the price of silver was rising above the value of .77 ounces of silver in the dollar. Treasury still had almost 3,000 $1,000 face value bags of silver dollars in 1964, and this supply was shipped to the West Point (NY) Bullion Depository until a decision was made on how to dispose of the coins. The process started in 1970 when GSA employees, with the guidance of a committee of professional numismatists started separating the coins into grades from uncirculated to circulated. It was decided to offer these in mail bid sale in 1972 with a minimum bid of $30. Almost all were CC coins, and the date and quantity lists sent shockwave through the collecting community. Some of the most expensive date like the 1879 and 1882-1884 were considered rare because so few were available, and the assumption was most had been melted in great silver melts of the 1920's. In fact, they were rare because Treasury was holding enough of them to make it seem like so few were left. CC dollar prices collapsed almost overnight once the lists were released. Without knowing how many more of each date were left in the hoard, many collectors left the CC dollar collecting hobby in disgust. Bidding was much less than had been anticipated. Only 700,000 of the 1.7 million offered were sold. It took the rising price of silver, six more sales, and renewed collector interest before all the silver dollars were finally sold in 1980.

  • @Mrlrobertson

    @Mrlrobertson

    5 жыл бұрын

    You have a Treasure indeed. Envious , LoL

  • @michaelmccarthy4615

    @michaelmccarthy4615

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sarjim4381 thank you for this information it makes total sense now... I was very young, but I do remember seeing the actual numbers minted and the price values did correlate somewhat. It was an early lesson in supply and demand. I guess the government was hoping enough novice collectors (like myself) could absorb these coins without regard to the collector market as a whole. It's a history lesson within a history lesson. Thanks!

  • @sarjim4381

    @sarjim4381

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelmccarthy4615 You're welcome. About 80% of the coins were sold to people for things like Christmas or birthday gifts. The vast majority of the coins were 1881-1885. They weren't rare, but were uncommon before the sale, and carried a pretty good premium. After the sale, they were dead common. Many serious collectors lost a bundle, especially those that paid a hefty price for the 1879 coin. As you say, a good lesson in supply and demand, especially when the real supply is unknown.

  • @johngalt2506
    @johngalt25065 жыл бұрын

    The Carson City mint is a great museum. There are several good museums in Carson City. Virginia City is a cool place to visit as well.

  • @diabolikmitchell2960

    @diabolikmitchell2960

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agree on all. History that deserves to be visited. After seeing Virginia City in person I found it hard to imagine 10, 000+ people living there at it's peak. Must have been lively to say the least.

  • @johngalt2506

    @johngalt2506

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@diabolikmitchell2960 I lived there for a few years. It was a lot of fun.

  • @magnificentfailure2390

    @magnificentfailure2390

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@diabolikmitchell2960 My great-grandfather was there at the time. It's telling that he spoke much of his time spent getting to Virginia City and much of his time spent after he left there, but he never really had much to say about the place itself, and he made a regular shitload of money there. He sung the praises of Butte, Montana so well that three or four of his daughters made their way there, and he adored southern Arizona so well that my Mom grew up dreaming of it, but he never had much to say about Virginia City, except that it was where he made his fortune. He did say that the doughnuts were worth travelling twenty miles for. :D

  • @douglasmaccullagh1267
    @douglasmaccullagh12675 жыл бұрын

    I congratulate you on your pronunciation of New Orleans. You almost sound like a local. Well done.

  • @andrewinbody4301

    @andrewinbody4301

    5 жыл бұрын

    I say "New OrLeens." But I ain't from them there parts.

  • @Arbiter099

    @Arbiter099

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's very weird to me hearing that pronunciation from a voice with HG's accent

  • @moonmunster

    @moonmunster

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nor-Lenz

  • @derlinclaire1778

    @derlinclaire1778

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes,a very good pronunciation of my birthplace,my dear sir.

  • @davidharris6581

    @davidharris6581

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pronunciation was correct but it is still two words.

  • @redram5150
    @redram51505 жыл бұрын

    One of my dad’s friends growing up was in charge of bill destruction at the Philly mint. I didn’t understand why anyone would destroy money at the young age he first told me this... probably five or six. In my mind this man burned perfectly good money in a barrel behind his home like a lunatic

  • @merrycatsrus3383

    @merrycatsrus3383

    5 жыл бұрын

    K ris my first laugh of the day 🤣 thank you

  • @andrewinbody4301

    @andrewinbody4301

    5 жыл бұрын

    Doublemint. Two, two. Two mints in one.

  • @RCAvhstape

    @RCAvhstape

    5 жыл бұрын

    I visited the Philly mint once in the 90s and got a tour. The guys who work there doing bill destruction are all bonded and background checked, and when they show up for work they had to change into coveralls with the pockets sewn shut.

  • @magnificentfailure2390

    @magnificentfailure2390

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@RCAvhstape That must have made it hell to get a smoke.

  • @dannynicastro3207

    @dannynicastro3207

    5 жыл бұрын

    Merry Catsrus really....guess F was for Franklin Mint???

  • @jackmieoff6202
    @jackmieoff62025 жыл бұрын

    I grew up at the base of Mt. Davidson and Virginia City, Nevada. I have prospected in Gold Canyon and Silver City. I have toured the Chollar Mine the only remnant of the the Comstock Lode that is still accessible to the public. Of course I have been through the Carson City mint several times and have several coins with the CC mint mark. There was also a huge stamp mill on the back side of Mt. Davidson that was called American Flats. You can still find Gold and Silver in the seasonal creeks and ravines around that area. Thanks again to THG for another outstanding short. Please support THG on Patreon as I will continue to do. I wear my shirt with pride!!!

  • @snakeghost00
    @snakeghost005 жыл бұрын

    I remember when I was a kid, going to the Carson city mint museum and the museum of natural history in the 1970's,both great places to visit.

  • @-BigMike-

    @-BigMike-

    6 ай бұрын

    It is still there and still a cool experience. I loved it.

  • @burbank3
    @burbank35 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather worked at the mint in San Fransisco. When he passed, he left us quite a large collection of steel pennies produced by the mint during WWII.

  • @1952creswell

    @1952creswell

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's a shame he didn't leave you any copper pennies dated 1943. They are worth thousands of dollars.

  • @artjones2498

    @artjones2498

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@1952creswell are you serious tony....i have to look through my wheat pennies....for some reason i think i might have 2 or 3 1943' s in my collection.....thank you i did not know that

  • @gregsimones9295
    @gregsimones92955 жыл бұрын

    As a long time coin collector, I found this illuminating. I knew much of the history but not all. Thanks.

  • @HighSpeedNoDrag

    @HighSpeedNoDrag

    5 жыл бұрын

    The History Guy is Awesome and accurate.

  • @Nipplator99999999999
    @Nipplator999999999995 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this episode, it's nice to see something that contains local history. I'm part Cherokee living about 30 minutes away from Charlotte near a obsolete gold mine and have visited many of the locations mentioned.

  • @britwokay8577
    @britwokay85775 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are certainly worth a mint! Absolutely golden! Thanks, History Guy!

  • @clarebutterfield6927
    @clarebutterfield69275 жыл бұрын

    I am glad you are around to teach us History!

  • @Genesis1313
    @Genesis13135 жыл бұрын

    Great subject and great information. Thanks for all you do for your many fans!

  • @willhamilton570
    @willhamilton5702 жыл бұрын

    Watching this video from Dahlonega GA, the mint is now the head administrative building of the University of North Georgia. Still in use!

  • @timsvtgen1
    @timsvtgen15 жыл бұрын

    How about an episode on Henry Ford’s Failed Fordlandia? Keep up the excellent work, History Guy.

  • @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe. What has held me back is that there are precious few photos in the Public Domain.

  • @timsvtgen1

    @timsvtgen1

    5 жыл бұрын

    The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered An excellent book was written by A.J. Baime on Fordlandia and in an interview ( I believe on NPR) he mentioned the archives at the Henry Ford in Dearborn as a major help. In any case, thanks!

  • @JazznRealHipHop
    @JazznRealHipHop5 жыл бұрын

    I was always fascinated by my dads metal detecting collection and volumes of books on coins and their history. Thanks as always history guy

  • @robinj.9329
    @robinj.93295 жыл бұрын

    THAT BOW TIE! It is grand! I hate to see a bunch of "cookie cutter" businessmen all in ties! One day you should tell us the "Dark History" of the neck tie! Folks will REALLY be shoked! But that bow tie, that's a keeper!

  • @hambonethegreat9547
    @hambonethegreat95475 жыл бұрын

    I personally live in Charlotte and the Mint is a wonderful thing to see if you are ever in up town. It's not far from a few other historical sites as well and it was awsome to hear about somthing local from my favorite KZread channel and The History Guy!

  • @charredskeleton
    @charredskeleton5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your videos. I really enjoy them.

  • @davesr25
    @davesr254 жыл бұрын

    Very much like the style of your videos, thank you for sharing and explaining things in a nice easy to digest way. :)

  • @mulematt6225
    @mulematt62255 жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to say thank u, for all that u do. Love ur videos

  • @bongobrandy6297
    @bongobrandy62975 жыл бұрын

    I just learned of another reason for the Cherokee to have issues with Andrew Jackson. Makes perfect sense. Thank you.

  • @bobertbirkely
    @bobertbirkely5 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video. Thank you for finding this information and sharing it!

  • @barbarachase5824
    @barbarachase58245 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for yet another factual and informative video..I love and appreciate your hunger for history, not to mention the time spent to bring these videos to us!

  • @kentpurrington2645

    @kentpurrington2645

    5 жыл бұрын

    AMEN, THX

  • @augustuswayne9676
    @augustuswayne96765 жыл бұрын

    Love the video . I can't start my day with out the history guy !! You are very good at rolling a coin .

  • @drsonnysell4471
    @drsonnysell44715 жыл бұрын

    Gratitude & Respect Professor!!

  • @TimPearcy
    @TimPearcy5 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff! Very, very interesting! Thanks!

  • @HoH
    @HoH5 жыл бұрын

    The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.

  • @therenumerator9198

    @therenumerator9198

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice phrasing, and true.

  • @HoH

    @HoH

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@therenumerator9198 It is a quote by Evan Esar. He has some other very witty and spot-on quotes!

  • @CallieMasters5000

    @CallieMasters5000

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, and I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. There's always a quote for something.

  • @imastounded4376

    @imastounded4376

    5 жыл бұрын

    Callie Masters 🤣😂🤣

  • @ludwigfan3013

    @ludwigfan3013

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@CallieMasters5000 I'll drink to that.

  • @spookybass1966
    @spookybass19665 жыл бұрын

    Excellent episode and awesome bow tie/ handkerchief set!

  • @jockellis
    @jockellis5 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations on pronouncing N’awlins correctly. NASCAR Star Bill Elliott’s Father George owned a collection of all coins produced in Dahlonega. The Georgia Dept. Of Natural Resources wanted to display the priceless collection at a state park. The governor gave permission for shoot-to-kill protection and the best shots of the state patrol and D R were stationed around the park and top officials of the DNR awaited the armored car that souls carry the coins as they waited they watched an old Ford pickup truck wend it’s way through the roads and stop in front of them. The driver - a teenaged boy - rolled down the window, held out a wooden box and said, “Granddaddy told me to bring this to you.” I got to see them at a meeting of the Dawson County Historical Society.

  • @maniyan_wanagi
    @maniyan_wanagi5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, History Guy!

  • @amethystsamia
    @amethystsamia5 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating! Thank you!

  • @kathrynradonich3982
    @kathrynradonich39825 жыл бұрын

    As a coin collector I was aware of all of these mints but had no idea how many of them were founded. Thanks for the awesome video as always.

  • @caliblu3872
    @caliblu38725 жыл бұрын

    I'm so grateful to have found your channel.

  • @jessikainla
    @jessikainla5 жыл бұрын

    You are a great orator. Thank you for all the awesome stories!

  • @rickquist3992
    @rickquist39925 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this. I have fond memories of visiting the Carson City mint as a kid!

  • @jamesthomas2163
    @jamesthomas21635 жыл бұрын

    Great Video. One minor correction, The Dahlonega mint building burned, the foundation was used for another building.

  • @Michaelbos
    @Michaelbos5 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding as always.

  • @douglasfrazier811
    @douglasfrazier8115 жыл бұрын

    Certainly this saga of the expansion and development of the Country should and due to historians such as you, is being remembered! time to add the channel to my patreons

  • @jccaron71
    @jccaron715 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video :)

  • @rjladd2787
    @rjladd27875 жыл бұрын

    You must do an amazing amount of research for each episode. My hat is off to you sir, good work!

  • @BrassLock
    @BrassLock5 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating stories, making me wonder about the history of Australia's 3 original Mints. Western Australia's original Mint opened for a similar reason during late 19th Century, (as were the ones built in U.S.), due to the Kalgoorlie gold rush. Others were built in Sydney and Melbourne but are now closed. Perth Mint is still very much an active part of the city as an ongoing producer of special gold coins (including the world's largest gold coin worth about $53 million), and ingots, as well as other more modern lower currency coins. It regularly holds the attention of visiting tourists both as a unique historical building and a modern production facility, recently upgraded and enlarged.

  • @OkamiiSenpai
    @OkamiiSenpai5 жыл бұрын

    I dont know how you manage to stick to these daily uploads but its great!

  • @TheBBQify
    @TheBBQify5 жыл бұрын

    the history guy is pretty good at rolling coins in his fingers dang

  • @leemaxwell1912

    @leemaxwell1912

    5 жыл бұрын

    What are his tells?

  • @andrewinbody4301

    @andrewinbody4301

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@johnanon6938 I enjoy playing poker. I consider myself to be better than average. I would not bring more money than I could afford to lose if I were playing The History Guy.

  • @marqsee7948

    @marqsee7948

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@leemaxwell1912 he tells a story, heh

  • @andrewinbody4301

    @andrewinbody4301

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@leemaxwell1912 His bow tie twirls.

  • @davidhovey5152

    @davidhovey5152

    5 жыл бұрын

    You noticed that too?? Lol!!! 🤣

  • @dflatt1783
    @dflatt17835 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel ... :)

  • @W1se0ldg33zer
    @W1se0ldg33zer5 жыл бұрын

    Numismatist here - this pushes my buttons in all the right ways. Great stuff!

  • @crackerjack9320
    @crackerjack93204 жыл бұрын

    Great episode HG! I've been to the Carson City mint. So interesting

  • @CBLounge2112
    @CBLounge21125 жыл бұрын

    I am born and raised in Carson City and have been here for 49 years, awesome to see some the incredible history of my hometown on The History Guy!!

  • @dewiz9596
    @dewiz95965 жыл бұрын

    As usual, an other excellent bit of history!

  • @BlackPhoenix777
    @BlackPhoenix7774 жыл бұрын

    You and your wife"s work is the best. Thank you both for this channel. I love history! It's just fascinating!

  • @johnkelley9877
    @johnkelley98775 жыл бұрын

    What an interesting story! Thanks for sharing this.

  • @senator1295
    @senator12955 жыл бұрын

    Sir, again, thank you for all your hard work..don't stress

  • @osirisandilio
    @osirisandilio5 жыл бұрын

    The Reed gold mine is still open, you can pan for gold yourself. Pretty cool piece of American history.

  • @natewatl9423
    @natewatl94235 жыл бұрын

    Even today, the existing notes are worth a visit, even if just one, as modern industrial masterpieces. The Tommy Gun Nest in the old lobby of the Denver Mint is particularly entertaining . Thank, you for the memories and the lessons about the old ones.

  • @davesilverman3325
    @davesilverman33254 жыл бұрын

    Lance, I own a Bechtler one dollar coin that I was fortunate to find at a good price at a coin and stamp show at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh where I live. I have a modest collection of early U.S. coins to include a number of Large Cents, Indian Head Pennies, Early Morgans, Walking Liberty Halves, etc., but by far my favorite and most prized is my Betchler gold dollar. When I've been between jobs I've spent a fair amount of time in Uwharrie National Forrest in the vicinity of Badin Lake in a creek called Little Moccasin Creek just north of the town of Troy, North Carolina, not far from the place you mentioned where Conrad Reed pulled that now famous nugget out of the creek on his father's farm that started the first gold rush in American history. There I've been successful in panning and sluicing enough gold to pay the bills, so much so that I've seriously considered going full time but the winters here, though not horrific are still cold enough that being in the water in waders would be difficult during that time of year so it's been a stop gap thing for me. The Reed Mine was for a time a very profitable venture and people came from all over the world to work it. It was operated continuously until gold was found at Sutter's Mill and everyone threw down their picks and shovels and ran off to California in 1849. Since that time there has been modest work in North Carolina but the yields have been prohibitive to commercial mining for gold in this area ever since for the most part. There have been a few exceptions, such as the Cotton Patch Mine in the Albamarl area, just west of the Reed Mine and though it was worked as recently as the early eighties, the main shaft flooded and modern pumps couldn't keep up with the inundation so a pit was started next to the main shaft and a tourist sluicing operation was started, selling buckets of salted material to would be "prospectors". The Reed Mine was the stuff of legend but it's said that thousands of patented claims were filed after the "door stop nugget" was found and that Charlotte was one huge dig. There were open pit mines littering the countryside from Ashboro to Charlotte and all points in between to this day but the majority of them are on private land and can't be accessed. When gold was found on the Reed farm the placer gold was so prevalent and the nuggets so large that the property was known as the "Potato Patch". Today the state of North Carolina owns the property and has the state's Gold Mining Museum located there. The museum is very interesting, indeed. For a small fee it's possible to see early mining equipment, such as stamping mills, drills, ore removal equipment and there's a hard rock shaft that's properly supported that goes several hundred feet below ground, complete with an amazing gold streak in the wall that can be observed on a guided tour by a Parks Department employee who'll give a comprehensive talk on the history of mining in the area. Today the North Carolina gold rush is almost forgotten and commercial mining here is pretty much a done deal but it's pretty amazing for a guy like me to be able to, with a minimal amount of equipment pull out enough of that shiny stuff to get by on and while I'm doing it I imagine that I may be in someone else's long forgotten hole that may have produced the very gold that was used to mint the coin that I turn over in my hand while I dream of a time when what I'm doing was a viable means of supporting one's self and a part of my state's history that I really love. Sorry I went so long but this was an awesome video. Thanks so much!

  • @davidlogansr8007
    @davidlogansr80073 жыл бұрын

    As a Very long time coin collector, approximately 55 years, I knew about all of these, but was pleased to hear about them on a Major Website!

  • @asheland_numismatics
    @asheland_numismatics5 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @mikemiller1646
    @mikemiller16465 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video. Coins are one of the most important tangible artifacts of the past. Might I suggest a video on Isaac Newton and his work as head of the British Mint and his role in fighting counterfeiting? Lots of intrigue, with perhaps the greatest mind that ever lived in disguise in a seedy East London bar. Just the type of topic you would enjoy.

  • @williamhill7312
    @williamhill73125 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I've been to the New Orleans Mint Musem, back in the 80's they had a broad range of NOLA historic stuff including Louis Armstrong's horn.

  • @griffen98
    @griffen985 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much that was very very interesting ever great Channel

  • @mykemech
    @mykemech4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome that you covered the North Carolina gold rush. I grew up and live 10 minutes from the Reed Mine. Most people don't know the story, even here among locals. These events are the reason Charlotte remains a financial center today, with several top banks having headquarters here.

  • @coyoteroadkill
    @coyoteroadkill Жыл бұрын

    You will be happy to know The Dalles, Oregon half-finished mint has been renovated and is now the Erin Glenn Winery with a fancy wine bar. It is still proudly called The Mint Building even though it never minted one coin.

  • @MrHondaguy1
    @MrHondaguy15 жыл бұрын

    Great video History Guy. I live very close to Reeds Gold Mine. We took field trips there in school.

  • @jefferysmith3930
    @jefferysmith39305 жыл бұрын

    I live in Charlotte and have been to the Mint Museum many times. I knew of the Reid gold mine but did not know it’s history. Thank you for another fascinating video

  • @danielwalker4881

    @danielwalker4881

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jeffery Smith You should visit the Reed’s Gold Mine. It’s the first Gold Mine in The United States, and a wonderful tour. You can also still pan for gold there, and might be lucky to find some gold flake!

  • @lukewarmwater6412
    @lukewarmwater64125 жыл бұрын

    as usual a well done video. I am never sorry I ended up here!!

  • @adoptcolorado6620
    @adoptcolorado66205 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. I'm from Denver and this is new to me. Thanks so much.

  • @oakdew
    @oakdew5 жыл бұрын

    Interesting! The things I didn't know I didn't know amazes me sometimes.

  • @dannymathis1999
    @dannymathis19995 жыл бұрын

    Well done!

  • @ifitsnotbrokenfixit1193
    @ifitsnotbrokenfixit11935 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video.

  • @johninwaynenewjersey5253
    @johninwaynenewjersey52535 жыл бұрын

    As a bit of a coin collector I have always been interested in the history of American coinage. The coins you were holding at the end of the vid, the Eisenhower Dollars, were IMO the last 'great' coins minted and are among my faves. It amazes me how easy it is to this day to obtain uncirculated-condition Morgan Dollars comparatively cheap as they here hoarded extensively and huge hidden caches turn up occasionally. Anyways, thanks for another great video!

  • @michaelmoorrees3585

    @michaelmoorrees3585

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's an interesting point. My father was a coin collector, which caused me to get pretty "calibrated", when grading coins. I just looked up Morgan Dollar values on the web: www.pcgs.com/prices/ And their "uncirculated" (50+), and even mint condition (65+) coins are valued much lower, than other coins of the same condition, and face value. Some, non-silver, Eisenhower Dollars are near the same value !

  • @libertyresearch-iu4fy

    @libertyresearch-iu4fy

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Morgan dollars minted at Carson City are usually worth quite a bit more than average.

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer15 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting thank you

  • @davidharris6581
    @davidharris65815 жыл бұрын

    The BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING in Ft Worth is well worth the time to tour. You can learn a lot about the history of US Currency. You can also buy brand new money there including uncut currency sheets. They got tired of everyone who takes the tour making a joke about free samples so if you ask now they hand you a bag of shredded currency. Very friendly and public oriented staff. They also have guest lecturers to speak and they bring giveaways of large denomination bills trapped in Lucite.

  • @gavinelder3428
    @gavinelder34285 жыл бұрын

    Love your work and enthusiasm "History Guy". Do you have anything on the lost state of Franklin? Cheers

  • @darkamora5123
    @darkamora51235 жыл бұрын

    I must say I love your videos. I just recently discovered your channel, and I find your enthusiasm and passion for history to be a wonderful thing. You make what could be dry facts into compelling stories that hold my interest. That said I do have to correct one thing you said, sort of, really a pronunciation. In premodern English the plural of you, ye, is pronounced with a y sound, however when used as an article ( ie ye olde mint) the y is actually representative of a letter no longer used in English "þ" called a thorn. þe (the proper way to spell that word based on usage) is just the earliest spelling of the word " the" and pronounced the same way (as is the ye form).

  • @gregfair1749
    @gregfair17495 жыл бұрын

    This is an awesome and very important part of our history!!!!!!

  • @roundnshiny
    @roundnshiny Жыл бұрын

    Great history lesson!

  • @katjagolden893
    @katjagolden8935 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for doing what you do. Love your channel. I too love History. My grandfather who was a Colonel in WWII collected coins from around Europe. Not sure if he picked them off dead bodies or traded for the coins. He died 1 1/2yrs before I was born (1971)so I never got to ask him. My father who gave me them doesnt know either. I collect “Wheat pennies” and anything older than 1944 penny. P.S. I have always wondered about your military “hats” in the back over your shoulder. I have my Grandpa Golden’s American Army uniform and very proud of it. When my 16yr old was lil he would show his friends it. He was and is proud of his Grandfather (Vietnam) Great-Grandfather (WWII) & Great Great Grandfathers (WWI) for serving. I do know of my GG Grandfather who fought for the South (MO) in the Civil War. Pre-1915 everyone on my mothers side was still in Poland.

  • @QSL.
    @QSL. Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @makeitso4793
    @makeitso47935 жыл бұрын

    Wonder if I should show this to some teachers I know so they can use this guys stuff in classes to teach the kids. I think they will get a kick out of this guy. I love to learn and this is a great channel.

  • @anthonydivon5571
    @anthonydivon55714 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @anonymoususer4937
    @anonymoususer49374 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate how the endings of the videos are softer in volume. It makes for pleasant transitions.

  • @UsherLinder
    @UsherLinder5 жыл бұрын

    Interesting! And I am very impressed with your coin-handling skills as well! :-)

  • @marbleman52
    @marbleman525 жыл бұрын

    Mr. H., You have demonstrated your verbal elocution and articulation as being top notch, but now you have demonstrated your prestidigitation skills as well...!! What next...?? I didn't know about these other private minters...very interesting.

  • @robertfolkner9253
    @robertfolkner92535 жыл бұрын

    “Ye” was pronounced “The.” That “Y” was a form of the letter known as “Thorn.”

  • @theannoyedmrfloyd3998

    @theannoyedmrfloyd3998

    3 жыл бұрын

    þe olde minte

  • @loriboufford6342
    @loriboufford63425 жыл бұрын

    The suspense, the the mystery, of watching and waiting for you to drop/ NOT drop the coin distracted me from truly appreciating the history. I'm gonna have to listen with my eyes closed.

  • @carolynhowk146

    @carolynhowk146

    5 жыл бұрын

    ditto!

  • @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    @TheHistoryGuyChannel

    5 жыл бұрын

    If I had dropped one, I would have edited that out.

  • @gpwgpw555

    @gpwgpw555

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am reading the comments while waiting for the video to download. I think I am back in the 56K dial-up modem days again.

  • @diggernash1
    @diggernash15 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for another great video! As a metal detectorist, many of these coins are on my bucket list. I live near Dahlonega and have always hoped to find a home minted gold coin. Better yet, a Templeton Reid private mint coin would be nice!

  • @wickerman9569
    @wickerman95695 жыл бұрын

    Another good video.

  • @Bill-cv1xu
    @Bill-cv1xu5 жыл бұрын

    "Seize the Cherokee land and raffle it off". I bet that wasn't the first time Uncle Sam!

  • @soulstrength
    @soulstrength5 жыл бұрын

    Did you just chuckle at Ye Olde Mint? LOL Great job as usual.

  • @FourthRoot
    @FourthRoot5 жыл бұрын

    Forgotten mints are the best! Sometimes I find them later in my jacket pocket; it's better than finding money!

  • @opheliabawles9646

    @opheliabawles9646

    5 жыл бұрын

    Coincidentally, that's almost an exact quote from one of the journals from the Donnor Party.

  • @tindoortailgator

    @tindoortailgator

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chocolate Mint is My Favorite...Just Sayin'

  • @FourthRoot

    @FourthRoot

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tindoortailgator even better than forgotten mints is forgotten 'ments, as in comments. I don't remember writing this, but it sure is funny. Thank you, past me, for making me laugh. Love, Future Me

  • @thatpatrickguy3446
    @thatpatrickguy34464 жыл бұрын

    I used to go to the Mint Museum often when I was a kid living in Charlotte in the early/mid 1970s. :-) My parents were volunteers there during the summer months, and thus we were there often. I have a lot of fond memories of the museum. :-)

  • @herbertsusmann986
    @herbertsusmann9864 жыл бұрын

    Very good reporting on this topic! One very small nit pick, however: You said the San Francisco Mint made proof coins starting in 1965. Actually none of the mints made any proof coins in the years 1965, 1966, and 1967. They only made "Special Mint Sets" those years. Proofs started again in 1968 at San Francisco. Another tid bit of history is that in those three years there were no mint marks on any coins. An act of Congress banned mint marks to thwart collectors after the switchover to clad coinage from silver in 1965. This was repealed and in 1968 mint marks resumed with all 3 mints making circulating coins (P, D, S) and San Fran also making all the proofs.

  • @v.e.7236
    @v.e.72365 жыл бұрын

    I am the proud owner of a 1955 double D wheat back penny. I've been saving coins since my grandmother started giving us kids her pennies she's collect between visits. We were thrilled every time she came over, hoping we would find a particular penny we were looking for, to complete our penny booklets, with each year and associated mint holding a representative coin. Still check my coins at least once a week. lol

  • @kellyandrichweddle2425
    @kellyandrichweddle24255 жыл бұрын

    A very interesting report on the history of US mints.

  • @amandagrayson8888
    @amandagrayson88885 жыл бұрын

    Hello Mr. History Guy. I enjoy the vids. Could you do a video on Wells and McComas? Thanks. Also, cool coin rolling skills :-)

  • @tinamclaughlin1991
    @tinamclaughlin19915 жыл бұрын

    Oh, how minty! Love it!

  • @jeffreycollins7297
    @jeffreycollins72975 жыл бұрын

    I sense I'm going to be watching a lot of coin videos over the next few days. Thanks for starting me on this.

  • @Mr72Dolphins
    @Mr72Dolphins5 жыл бұрын

    Hello. Can you please do a feature on Riggs Bank? It is the only private business to be on money ($10 bill), and they traditionally held the bank accounts of the Presidents. It has a fascinating history, and a massive fall. Thank you

  • @DylanMcMullen

    @DylanMcMullen

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ooh I'm interested

  • @rcknbob1

    @rcknbob1

    5 жыл бұрын

    IIRC, it was also said to be theCIA's favorite bank and was used when they set up Air America.