Two years later, in 1906, the new facility opened and is still in use today, making all denominations of coins which has included the now infamous Susan B. For the next 46 years the office only assayed, melted, and cast gold and silver but in 1904 plans were made to convert the office into a production mint. The Denver Mint is one of the oldest federal institutions in Colorado, first opening in the Colorado Territory as the Denver Mint Assay Office in 1863 to take advantage of the mining boom in the Rocky Mountains.
Photograph of the Denver Mint building, date unknown (NAID 293491) Anthony dollar can be found in the Denver Mint records held by the National Archives at Denver. Still occasionally found in change today alongside the newer Sacagawea and presidential dollars coins, the story of the ill-fated Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, minted for only a few short years between 19. Mint one gets a glimpse of the widespread dissatisfaction and derision heaped upon the Susan B.
Today’s post was written by Cody White, Archivist at the National Archives in Denver.Ī “Carter Quarter.” The “Edsel of coins.” From newspaper articles found in Record Group 104 Records of the U.S.
