New Orleans Mint

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United States Mint facility branch mint historic building museum

The New Orleans Mint was a historic branch of the United States Mint that produced gold and silver coinage in the 19th and early 20th centuries and now serves as a museum and cultural site.

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Mint facility → branch mint → historic building → museum →
architect	William Strickland →
architecturalStyle	Greek Revival →
closedAsMint	1909 →
constructionStartDate	1835 →
convertedTo	museum →
country	United States →
currentUse	cultural venue → museum → music performance space →
firstMintingPeriodEnd	1861 →
firstMintingPeriodStart	1838 →
governmentServed	Confederate States of America → State of Louisiana → United States of America →
housesCollection	Louisiana State Museum exhibits → jazz-related exhibits →
inaugurationDate	1838 →
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places →
locatedIn	French Quarter → Louisiana → New Orleans →
material	brick → stucco →
mintMark	O →
nrhpDesignationDate	1975 →
nrhpType	National Historic Landmark →
openedAsMint	1838 →
operatedBy	Louisiana State Museum → United States Mint →
ownedBy	United States federal government →
partOf	United States Mint →
producedCoin	dimes → gold eagles → gold half eagles → gold quarter eagles → half dimes → half dollars → quarters → silver dollars →
secondMintingPeriodEnd	1909 →
secondMintingPeriodStart	1879 →
significance	only U.S. mint to have produced coins under three different governments →
significantEvent	seized by State of Louisiana in 1861 → used by Confederate States of America to strike coins in 1861 →
streetAddress	400 Esplanade Avenue →
usedAs	Coast Guard storage facility → Confederate mint → United States federal prison → assay office → gold coin mint → silver coin mint →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Coinage Act of 1835 →	authorizedCreationOf
United States Mint →	formerOffice
Morgan dollar →	mintedAt
gold dollar →	mintLocation
Half Eagle →	mintLocations
Quarter Eagle →	mints
Charlotte Mint →	relatedInstitution