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Valued Member
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wow nice place to visit and that split morgan was a treat to see also
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Moderator
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If I ever get back out that way, I'm going to make it a point to visit. Looks to be a neat place to go through.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very cool. Did you have the opportunity to distract the security guard and swipe a few of those coins?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks johnny, I'll be that way in Oct. It will be on the list of things to do.
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United States
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 Thanks for sharing your visit with us!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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So close!! All I want is 6 or 7 of them (ok, 20 or 30) That's not too much to ask, is it?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How neat. I was lucky enough to visit the New Orleans mint several years ago, pre-Katrina. Based on its location I think it would have been heavily damaged. Anyone know? And since we're on this vein, anyone know if there are mint museums in Charlotte or Dahlogena (sp?)?
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Valued Member
United States
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And they correctly call Morgans "Liberty Head Dollars". Cool!!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The New Orleans Mint Museum ha a small portion of its roof damaged by Katrina and had some water damage from the leaking roof but the building was not severely damaged. They had taken the storm warnings to heart and had protected th exhibits and moved some things to safety before the storm hit. It was built on higher ground so it didn't have any flooding trouble.
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Pillar of the Community
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I can also vouch for that shop in CC. I like the new facelift the place got after it changed over. Usually a good selection of large cents. Just up the road there is another in Virginia City that is another good one. Hole in the wall and great folks. Several good shops in that part of the state.
For those in that part of the state never underestimate the local pawn shops too. Always great coins in Northern NV.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I was lucky enough to visit the New Orleans mint several years ago, pre-Katrina. Based on its location I think it would have been heavily damaged. Anyone know? The land that the Mint sits on next to the Saint Louis #1 cemetery is one of the highest areas in New Orleans and as Conder mentioned, most exhibits were safely stored beforehand and the building itself only sustained minor damage. However, it was something of a blessing in disguise as the Mint(now Louisiana State Museum) received a much-needed infusion of cash and collection items after Katrina. The Mint exhibit has been completely renovated with collections on loan from Lynn Ourso and Rick Demers(two Lousiana dealers and specialists in NO coinage) now on display. As for Charlotte and Dahlonega, the old mint in Charlotte is now the http://www.mintmuseum.org/]Mint Museum of Art[/url]. The building is the original but the location is not. Dahlonega has met a much more unpleasant fate, the building was destroyed by fire in 1878 and a new building was built on the foundation. It is located on what is now the campus of North Georgia University. |
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Rest in Peace
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Thank you all for the comments. Yeah, my wife is a great sport. The museum actually had collections of all kinds of things, from rocks, jewelry, dolls, buttons....so she actually really enjoyed herself.
The funny thing about coins on display in museums is that they feel they need to display both sides of the coin side by side. This means they have a ton of duplicates, like in the closeups of the gold coins. Who needs duplicates? I'm sure they'd never miss them...;-P
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great virtual collection johnny. It's been years since I've been there, but I remember them having a detailed map of the ore bodies in the Comstock Lode, going down 2-3 miles underneath Virginia City. Two things immediately came to mind:
-Whenever all that stoping finally rots, Virginia City will drop out of sight. There'll be no more shopping for taffy and cap guns at the Bucket of Blood. Better hurry!
-They used enough wood in that hole to turn the Cartwright's Ponderosa Ranch into a desert.
At one time I worked on the site where the old Oregon Territorial mint was located. I often meant to take a metal detector to work to see whether I could turn up a Beaver coin or two....
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The CC mint is a great stop. If you are in the area, hit Virginia City and check out the Silver Queen
As described in the tour book.. "The Silver Queen - Located at the Silver Queen Saloon & Hotel. She is 15 feet tall and her dress is made from 3200 silver dollars, her belt is made of 5 dollar gold pieces. Permanent display." She is pretty awesome to look at.
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Rest in Peace
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WOW! I missed that stop, and I was in Virgnia City too. That sounds super cool, though I'm hoping the coins were problem coins to begin with and/or werent damaged in the process. How did I miss that?
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