Unique, "EB on Breast" 1787 Brasher Doubloon from The Gold Rush Collection |
This photograph depicts the Charlotte Mint, rebuilt after the disastrous fire of 1844, in its original location in Charlotte. Note that the mint was rebuilt with just one story above the basement, where there were originally two. Source: Stautzenberger, Anthony Joseph. The Establishment of the Charlotte Branch Mint, A Documented History. Austin, TX: the author, 1976, page 125. |