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The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 45, October 23, 2005, Article 11 MOVING STORY OF THE CHARLOTTE MINT This news item was published on October 22: "Looking back in history on this day in 1936, Charlotte's Mint Museum opened. It was North Carolina's first art museum, and it already had a fascinating history. It was built 100 years earlier as the first branch of the United States Mint. That is where coins were made from the output of the Carolina gold rush. In 1837, President Andrew Jackson appointed John Wheeler Hill as the mint's first superintendent. Hill's salary was $2,000 per year. The mint shut down during the Civil War but was used as a Confederate headquarters and hospital. After the war it was used as an assay office, until it closed for good in 1913. The building was scheduled for demolition, but a citizens group raised the money to move it. They had it dismantled brick by brick on West Trade Street and relocated the building to its current location on Randolph Road." Full Story [I didn't realize the Charlotte Mint building had been moved. Has that happened with any other U.S Mint buildings? Have any other Mints around the world been moved? -Editor] Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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