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New Georgia Encyclopedia: Branch Mint at Dahlonega (678 words) |
 | The Branch Mint at Dahlonega was one of three mints chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1835. |
| The director of the United States Mint in Philadelphia complained that the institution in Dahlonega was a "neighborhood mint." Certainly, it was in the thick of politics. |
| The mint superintendent was always a partisan of whatever party was in office, and the jobs of assayer and coiner, requiring skills largely absent on the frontier, eventually became political plums as well. |
| About Coins Lone Star Mint (3313 words) |
| Mint luster is usually seen only in the protected areas of the coin's surface such as between letters in the legend, around stars, or between the numerals in the date. |
| The mint mark is a small letter typically found on the reverse side of the coin (starting in 1982 the United States Mint began putting mint marks for all mints on the obverse side of the coins). |
| Mint marks are therefore of utmost importance to collectors because the coinage amount at the branch mints has usually been much smaller than at the Philadelphia Mint. |
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