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It was simply 160 years ago today, April 21, 1862, when Congress developed the Denver mint. For my fellow numismatists, collection agencies of coins, this is a grand day certainly. Though the D for Denver can be located on several religions of coins, the initial intent was for the mint to create gold coins.
A Denver Mint Bicentennial quarter. Picture thanks to Wikicommons, Public Domain Name.
Nevertheless, this was not to be. The Denver Mint had a harsh begin. Colorado was still bush West at the time. The Mind supervisors were really stressed regarding feasible burglary by aggressive bands of Indians, as well as Rebel raiding events, both interacting to combat versus the Union. Yet, via battle as well as Indian raids, the Denver Mint persisted, as well as proceeds today, as well as all of it started, 160 years earlier, today.
What was taking place the other day, on April 20th?
