Nevada State Museum Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Carson City Mint on Feb. 4, 2020

150 anniversary of Carson City Mint

Even as the first silver dollars emerged from the sparkling new Coin Press No. 1 at the U.S. Branch Mint in Carson City on Feb. 4, 1870, there were voices in Washington, D.C., still questioning if there should be a Mint at all in Nevada’s capital. In 1870, Coin Press No. 1 struck the first […]

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