Dahlonega Mint

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• Adds historical context about the impact of the California Gold Rush on Dahlonega’s minting operations and provides specific deposit years (1851–1854) that were previously absent.

Add: Within years of opening the mint was not taking in the quantities of gold which had been anticipated However after local miners departed for the California gold rush in 1849 California gold was soon transported to Dahlonega for minting The amount of California gold which was deposited at Dahlonega exceeded that from Georgia between about 1851 and 1854 The mint produced coins every year from 1838 through 1861 Denominations produced.

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