Moffat Mint Ruins, Mount Ophir

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Stock #:788271
Type: Postcard
Era: Real Photo
City: Mariposa
State: California (CA)
County: Mariposa
Publisher: Commercial Enterprise
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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First private mint in California.T Built in 1851 by John Moffat who had been appointed to the office of United States Assayer for California, by President Tyler. The Mint turned out hexagonal gold slugs of fifty-dollar denomination.
From the Darlene Thorne Collection

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