Dahlonega Mint

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United States Mint branch historical mint

The Dahlonega Mint was a 19th-century branch of the U.S. Mint in Georgia that specialized in producing gold coins from locally mined gold.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site 3
U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Mint branch ⓘ
historical mint ⓘ
architecturalStyle Federal style ⓘ
buildingRepurposedAs North Georgia Agricultural College facility ⓘ
ceasedOperation 1861 ⓘ
coinageMetal gold ⓘ
coinagePeriodEnd 1861 ⓘ
coinagePeriodStart 1838 ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
coordinates approximately 34.532°N 83.984°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
didNotProduceCoinMetal copper ⓘ
silver ⓘ
dissolved 1861 ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishedUnderAct Coinage Act of 1835 ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic site ⓘ
heritageStatus no longer standing in original form ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
inception 1838 ⓘ
industry coinage ⓘ
locatedIn Dahlonega, Georgia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Lumpkin County, Georgia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

Georgia ⓘ
mintMark D ⓘ
mintMarkUsedOn gold coins ⓘ
notableFor coins highly prized by collectors ⓘ
limited mintage gold coins ⓘ
openedForCoinage 1838 ⓘ
operatedBy United States Mint ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
partOf branch mint system of the United States Mint ⓘ
partOfHistoryOf Georgia Gold Rush ⓘ
United States numismatics ⓘ
producedCoinType gold dollar ⓘ
half eagle ⓘ
quarter eagle ⓘ
three-dollar gold piece ⓘ
reasonForClosure American Civil War ⓘ
significantEvent seizure by Confederate authorities in 1861 ⓘ
specializedIn gold coin production ⓘ
startConstructionDate 1835 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successorUseOfSite North Georgia Agricultural College facility ⓘ
surface form: University of North Georgia campus
usedGoldFrom Georgia Gold Rush ⓘ
locally mined gold ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Mint → formerOffice → Dahlonega Mint ⓘ
Dahlonega, Georgia → hasAttraction → Dahlonega Mint ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site
Georgia Gold Rush → hasHeritageSite → Dahlonega Mint ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site
this entity surface form: Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site
gold dollar → mintLocation → Dahlonega Mint ⓘ
subject surface form: Half Eagle
subject surface form: Quarter Eagle
this entity surface form: U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega
Charlotte Mint → relatedInstitution → Dahlonega Mint ⓘ