A Mint is a branch of the US Treasury that is established to produces coins for the United States. The Denver Mint was established in 1862 and opened it's doors in 1863, but as a United States Assay Office. It did not become an official Mint until 1904.
For my research question I will ask why this transformation took nearly fifty years when the west coast was bringing in tons of gold from the California Gold Rush. I will also ask why the Denver Mint was more successful then the San Francisco Mint when they were the ones in the middle of the action.
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