Daily Archives: July 30, 2016

In 1854, the San Francisco mint opened being the first US mint west of the Mississippi River. They minted gold and silver coins from the precious metals discovered in California. In 1859, a large deposit of silver and gold ore was discovered near Virginia City, NV, which would be known […]

Carson City, to a Coin Collector

July 30, 2016 in US Mints tagged Silver Coins / US Mint by Kevin

In 2010, San Francisco had a population of 805,000, and is well known culturally and commercially. However, when it was founded by Spanish colonists in 1776, San Francisco (Saint Francis in Spanish) was just a small peninsula. What would bring people to San Francisco? GOLD!!! In 1848, San Francisco had […]

San Francisco, to a Coin Collector

July 30, 2016 in US Mints tagged Gold Coins / US Mint by Kevin