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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1428245, member: 31533&quot;]1835 was a very important year in the United States for Numismatic history and also had some other significant events in the world. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although it was not yet selected to have a mint there, the first building was built at Yerba Buena, which later became known as San Francisco. In New Orleans this year, the city gave the US government Jackson Square to be used as a mint, and this was the year that Congress approved the branch mints at New Orleans, Charlotte, and Dahlonega.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH]174296.vB[/ATTACH] </p><p>[drawing of Charlotte Mint, Drawing of Dahlonega Mint, CDV photo from about 1855-1865 of New Orleans Mint, and 1870 photo of construction of San Francisco Mint]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In other history of this year:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Charles Darwin was at the Galapogos Islands, and sailing on the HMS Beagle. [ATTACH]174299.vB[/ATTACH] [2008 5 dollar coin, Galapagos Islands]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of Fairy Tales </p><p>[ATTACH]174298.vB[/ATTACH][2010 Virgin Islands Coin honoring Hans Christian Andersen&#039;s Fairy Tales]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; P T Barnum begins his tours of the US [ATTACH]174300.vB[/ATTACH] [Bridgeport Connecticut Half Dollar, featuring P T Barnum]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Railroads are in their infancy. In fact, 1835 was the year of the Railroad. This was when The first passenger railroad line on the European continent opens, as well as the first steam powered railroads in the US. Prior to 1835 in the US, the railroads were horse-drawn ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]174301.vB[/ATTACH] [100 dollar gold coin commemorating 175 years of railroads in Canada]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And no-one before this time could ever throw a wrench into something, as this 1835 was the year that Solymon Merrick patented the first <i>wrench.</i>&nbsp; :devil:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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