Charlotte Mint

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Charlotte Mint canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

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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 ⓘ
United States Branch Mint → relatedTo → Charlotte Mint ⓘ