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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3586398, member: 101855"]Here is the only known photograph of the Dahlonega Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]957690[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of photos of Price Memorial Hall, which the building that was constructed on the footprint of the old mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]957691[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]957692[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]957693[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the old court house, which is in the center of the town. It is the one structure in the center of town that stood at the same time as the mint was standing. The photo imposed is of M. F. Stephenson, who was the mint's assayer. He made an impassioned speech in the center of town, asking the miners not to go to California. Many of them went anyway, but some of them returned, bring California gold back with them which the mint converted into Dahlonega Mint coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3586398, member: 101855"]Here is the only known photograph of the Dahlonega Mint. [ATTACH=full]957690[/ATTACH] Here are a couple of photos of Price Memorial Hall, which the building that was constructed on the footprint of the old mint. [ATTACH=full]957691[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]957692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]957693[/ATTACH] This is the old court house, which is in the center of the town. It is the one structure in the center of town that stood at the same time as the mint was standing. The photo imposed is of M. F. Stephenson, who was the mint's assayer. He made an impassioned speech in the center of town, asking the miners not to go to California. Many of them went anyway, but some of them returned, bring California gold back with them which the mint converted into Dahlonega Mint coins.[/QUOTE]
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