Dahlonega Mint Connection With GA Cherokee Indians

THANKS BILLJONES! Exactly what I needed to know and couldn't seem to get my hands on the information. A very sad tale indeed. I once went up to South and North Dakota where the Cherokee landed. That landscape is eerie. Almost looks like the moon except this pale yellow. We drove for miles without seeing anything alive.

Growing up I had always wondered what it would have been like to have more Indian heritage around. I remember seeing an odd lumpy hill near Helena and my dad had said that it was an indian grave yard; I have no idea if that is true or not.... weird, the things you remember from being a kid.

Thanks everyone for answering my curiosity...

Here you go:

1847-D $5 Gold

Very interesting read....Thanks for sharing this.

Bill!
mcknight!

My grandmother was full blooded Cherokee from N.C
Married my grandpa near Gatlinburg TN.
Cool picture Fuzzy. Thanks for posting.

Here is an 1854-D Three Dollar Gold Piece. The Dahlonega Mint produced only 1,120 of these pieces in August 1854. Two die pairs were sent to Charlotte, but the "C Mint" never produced any of these coins. This coin is want you might call "rustic."

I try to avoid "rustic" when I can, but with some coins, you don't have much choice. As I said early the Dahlonega Mint made better coins on average than the Charlotte Mint.

Here is an 1850-D gold dollar. The Dahlonega mint had great superintendent who lost his job to politics that year (change from Democrat James Polk to Whig Zachary Taylor), and the quality suffered. These coins often come with flat strikes, like this one. PCGS graded this one EF-45.



And here is an 1855-C gold dollar. These coins were some of the worst products ever issued by a United States mint. This design was a technical failure because the head of Ms. Liberty was in too high of a relief and the coin would not strike properly. Even the head office at Philadelphia had trouble with this design which lasted for one year (1855) and parts of two other years (1854 and '56).

The Charlette Mint couldn't get this coin right at all. They are all poorly made. This one is graded EF-45. This is "rustic."

Yeah bill, thanks!