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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 6540571, member: 104064"]I recall letters from congressmen in the NNC archives in the 1900-1901 time frame where Omaha, Council Bluffs, Tacoma were all lobbying for a mint. I don't know how seriously anybody took it though. </p><p><br /></p><p>Roger B had this to say in an email this morning: "I've not come across anything that explains why "O" was adopted for the New Orleans Mint in the late 1830s. The not-New York idea is credible since the city long felt it should have a mint of its own. The Assay Office was a compromise."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 6540571, member: 104064"]I recall letters from congressmen in the NNC archives in the 1900-1901 time frame where Omaha, Council Bluffs, Tacoma were all lobbying for a mint. I don't know how seriously anybody took it though. Roger B had this to say in an email this morning: "I've not come across anything that explains why "O" was adopted for the New Orleans Mint in the late 1830s. The not-New York idea is credible since the city long felt it should have a mint of its own. The Assay Office was a compromise."[/QUOTE]
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