Dahlonega Mint
Site, Dahlonega, Georgia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Site
- Where
- Dahlonega, Georgia
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
DAHLONEGA MINT
Confederates seized the mint in 1861 with about $13,345 in gold and struck 1861-D gold dollars and half eagles. The building held part of the Confederate Treasury for the rest of the war. The United States did not reopen it, and fire destroyed it in December 1878.
Then
Confederates seized the mint in 1861 with about $13,345 in gold. Between 1,000 and 1,500 1861-D gold dollars and one to two thousand 1861-D half eagles were struck, and the building held part of the Confederate Treasury for the rest of the war.
The United States did not reopen it. North Georgia College used the building from 1873 until fire destroyed it in December 1878.
Now
Built over
Price Memorial Hall of the University of North Georgia stands on the mint's foundations.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 17 miles away.
Nearby
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- 50 miAndrews Raid on the Western and AtlanticApril 12, 1862, Big Shanty to near Ringgold, Georgia
- 50 miSherman's cavalry takes the Allatoona Pass railheadJune 1, 1864, Allatoona Pass, Georgia
- 50 miBattle of AllatoonaOctober 5, 1864, Allatoona Pass, Georgia
- 51 miUnion cavalry cuts the Georgia Railroad near Stone MountainJuly 18, 1864, Stone Mountain, Georgia