![]() ![]() Bates and Joseph Miner, decided to build the Denver Smelting and Refining Works. In 1872, Judge Hiram Bond, one of the single largest brokers within the Ney York Gold Exchange, and a group of businessmen including Mayor of Denver Joseph E. In fact, $5.8 million worth of gold and silver was brought in and minted at the assay office. The supply of gold quickly disappeared and miners resorted to lode mining and looking for veins of gold ore in the earth. This was also the same year that Denver, Colorado was founded. The gold rush in the area actually began in 1858 when they found rich placer gold in the streams. Still, they did let the miners bring the gold into the Assay Office in order to have it melted and stamped into gold coins and gold bars, which were then given back to them with a weight measurement on them and an indicator of how fine the gold was. The government did not strike gold coins as originally intended because of the surrounding dangers such as hostile Indian tribes, rebel emissaries from the Civil War and bad white men. Eventually, the government decided to purchase everything for $25,000. Clark, Gruber and Company again housed the facilities, which was located at Market Streets and 16th. ![]() In the Spring of April 21, 1862, the US Act of Congress established the mint which opened up in 1863, but as an Assay Office. These were not official US currency but the US Treasury bought them up in 1863. The first coins were minted in 1860 and they also made gold ingots in 1862. There was a sort of gold rush in the mid 1800s at Pikes Peak and the company coined some of the gold and gold dust that was brought in by miners. One of the first milestones began with Clark, Gruber and Company. One thing to remember is that there was a mint long ago called the Dahlonega Mint, which also had a "D" mintmark but they usually only struck gold coins and it did not last long, so remember that any coin with a "D" mintmark after 1906 would have come from Denver.Įven though the Denver mint became official in 1906, there was a long history that lead up to this point. Denver opened it's doors on February 1 of 1906 and always has a mintmark of: "D". In fact, it produces more coins than any other mint in the entire world. ![]() The Denver Mint is the second most popular mint in the United States today besides the Philadelphia Mint and the San Francisco Mint. ![]()
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