The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 41, October 12, 2003, Article 4

MINT BUILDING INFO SOUGHT

  Mark Borckardt of Bowers and Merena writes: "I am
  working on preparations for an ANA Summer Seminar
  class on the history of the second United States Mint and
  branch mints. As part of this class, I want to discuss the
  physical building, construction thereof, and a floor plan.
  Do you or any E-sylum members have such information
  or know where the same is located? I have found a few
  clues and may need to recreate the actual floor plan as
  close as possible. AM Smith?s history of the Mint has a
  ?tour? of the mint, letting us know that the entry hall is
  round, the coining department encompassed nearly all
  of the east side of the first floor, etc. Another article
  appeared in an issue of Harper?s Monthly with a similar
  guided tour of the mint building, telling us for instance
  that the coining department was separated in the middle
  by a walkway with iron fences.  This is illustrated in
  Harper?s.  I have seen floor plans of the first Mint
  building, but not the second. I am also planning a trip to
  the old New Orleans Mint building to sketch a floor plan.
  My understanding is that the physical New Orleans Mint
  building is virtually unchanged from the days of coinage
  production, and that it is known what each room in the
  building was used for!"

  [See The E-Sylum, v6n32 (August 10, 2003) for mention
  of "A History of the United States Mint, New Orleans,
  Louisiana" by Charles J. Collins Jr.  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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