Week # 431 - Enjoy your weekend!

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

When was the U.S. Mint at Denver established?

 

Our first place winner will receive a copy of, Weimar Whites Coin Chemistry, Second Edition.

 

There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player with the correct answer.

 

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[jamorse99-migration]

 

1863 according to usmint.gov

 

http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/mint_facilities/index.cfm?action=DV_facilities

 

 

[physics-fan3.14]

The first coins were struck in 1906.

 

 

[AtlaZ-migration]

Established by an Act of Congress on April 21, 1862, the United States Mint at Denver opened for business in late 1863.

[bsshog40]

1906 was its first year in operation.

[Schatzy]

In 1858, when gold was discovered in Colorado, hundreds of merchants, miners and settlers moved in for their stake. A year later, the city of Denver was founded; and in 1863, the U.S. government established a mint facility there.

[mhardin2413]

1862, as the assay office

[Bugmann1974]

April 21 1862

[ritter]

april 21,1862

[BigBob]

Established by an Act of Congress on April 21, 1862, the United States Mint at Denver opened for business in late 1863 as a United States Assay Office.

 

Coinage operations finally began in February 1906, advancing the status of the Denver facility to Branch Mint.

 

Final answer:

Established as a branch mint in 1906.

[Backdraft237]

1858

[JIM F.]

1863

[jtryka]

1905 is my guess, but the first coins were minted in 1906.

[HiHoAudio]

The United States Mint at Denver was established on 4/21/1862 and opened for business in late 1863 as a United States Assay Office.

 

The first coins were struck on 2/1/1906.

[DC Dawg]

1906

[MercuryMan]

The Denver Mint was authorized by the Act of April 21, 1862, and it operated as an assay office unit 1906. Coinage operations were started at the Denver Mint in 1906, and the mint is still in operation.

[GW]

Established by an Act of Congress on April 21, 1862, the United States Mint at Denver opened for business in late 1863 as a United States Assay Office. Operations began in the facilities of Clark, Gruber & Company, located at 16th and Market Streets and acquired by the government for $25,000.

 

The Denver Mint is a branch of the United States Mint that struck its first coins on February 1, 1906

 

 

[mtnstyne]

1863

[tomyhok]

April,21,1862

[walt666-migration]

The Denver Mint was established by an Act of Congress on April 21, 1862.

Walt

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

When was the U.S. Mint at Denver established?

 

Answer: 1863

 

Our first place winner jamorse99 will receive a copy of, Weimar Whites Coin Chemistry, Second Edition.

 

Atlaz has won a single coin display box.

 

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