Charlotte Mint

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United States Mint branch historical mint

Charlotte Mint was a 19th-century branch of the U.S. Mint in North Carolina that primarily produced gold coins from locally mined gold before the Civil War.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Charlotte Mint canonical	8

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Mint branch ⓘ historical mint ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Greek Revival architecture ⓘ surface form: Greek Revival
assayOfficeClosed	1913 ⓘ
buildingMaterial	brick ⓘ
buildingRelocated	1933 ⓘ
ceasedCoinage	1861 ⓘ
closedAsMint	1861 ⓘ
closureCause	outbreak of the American Civil War ⓘ
coinageMetal	gold ⓘ
constructionCompleted	1837 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentFunction	art museum building ⓘ
currentUse	Mint Museum Randolph ⓘ
didNotProduce	copper coins ⓘ silver coins ⓘ
establishedBy	Act of the United States Congress ⓘ
functionAfterCivilWar	assay office ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ⓘ
mintMark	C ⓘ
notableFeature	coins are considered scarce and collectible ⓘ first U.S. branch mint dedicated solely to gold coinage ⓘ
NRHPListingReason	historical significance in U.S. coinage and regional gold mining ⓘ
NRHPType	building ⓘ
opened	1837 ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Mint ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
primaryOutput	gold coins ⓘ
producedDenomination	gold dollar ⓘ half eagle ⓘ quarter eagle ⓘ
reasonForEstablishment	to coin gold discovered in the North Carolina gold rush ⓘ
regionServed	Southern United States ⓘ
relatedEvent	North Carolina gold mines ⓘ surface form: North Carolina gold rush
relatedInstitution	Dahlonega Mint ⓘ New Orleans Mint ⓘ Philadelphia Mint ⓘ
relocatedWithinCity	Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
reopenedAsAssayOffice	1867 ⓘ
state	North Carolina ⓘ
takenOverBy	Confederate States of America ⓘ
usedBy	Confederate States of America ⓘ surface form: Confederate government
usedGoldFrom	North Carolina gold mines ⓘ southern Appalachian gold fields ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

United States Mint → formerOffice → Charlotte Mint ⓘ

Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin) → mintLocations → Charlotte Mint ⓘ

subject surface form: Half Eagle

Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin) → mints → Charlotte Mint ⓘ

subject surface form: Quarter Eagle

gold dollar → mintLocation → Charlotte Mint ⓘ

North Carolina gold mines → associatedWith → Charlotte Mint ⓘ

Coinage Act of 1835 → authorizedCreationOf → Charlotte Mint ⓘ

Type 3 Indian Princess gold dollar → mint → Charlotte Mint ⓘ

United States Branch Mint → relatedTo → Charlotte Mint ⓘ