Carson City Mint Museum

124Spider

Hi,

I'll be driving through Carson City next month, and I'm interested in going to the museum in the old Mint building there.

Is it worth a stop, given that I'm a coin enthusiast and I'll be in Carson City anyway?

Thanks.

Mark

ricko

@124Spider... From what I have heard, it is well worth a visit. I intend to visit next time I am out West, in that area. Please post your experience here if you do visit. Cheers, RickO

Zoins

I believe it's worth a visit to see CC Coin Press #1 and their coin/die collection.

124Spider

Good enough for me; we will pay a visit, and I will post my impressions here after I visit.

Thanks!

Mark

Zoins

Check out the photos from @lermish here:

I also just went to the Carson City mint (pics of the minting display)

124Spider

@Zoins said:
Check out the photos from @lermish here:

I also just went to the Carson City mint (pics of the minting display)

Thanks; I did a search before posting, but I had the word "museum" in the search. That thread is nice!

johnny9434

I'll make there one day myself. Enjoy the time there when you do 🙂

airplanenut

I thought it was pretty cool when I flew over in 2012. BrokenCC/Nothern Nevada Coins is across the street and a very nice shop to visit.

Zoins

@airplanenut said:
I thought it was pretty cool when I flew over in 2012. BrokenCC/Nothern Nevada Coins is across the street and a very nice shop to visit.

What a great location!

golden

I have been to the museum twice. It is very much worth your time. Northern Nevada Coin is across the street.

124Spider

I've bought a lot of coins from Northern Nevada; I'll drop in after the museum!

AUandAG

If you have kids with you be sure to leave via the "authentic mine" in the basement.
bob
PS: Say hello to Bob Nolan if he's running the press! Tell him bob in vegas says Hi.

lordmarcovan

I'd love to see it. I've done Charlotte, Dahlonega, and San Francisco, is all.

Cladiator

Definitely stop by Northern Nevada Coin right across the street from the Mint. Great shop and great people. Check their website a few days before you get there and if you see any coins you like call and tell them you'd like to see them. They have multiple locations in NV and you can never tell where an individual coin will be. It only takes them a day or two to transfer coins between the different locations.

124Spider

We stopped by the museum the other day.

It was fun! Lots of interesting things, and worth the $10 price of admission. I don't know that I would recommend going way out of one's way to get there, but it was a good visit.

Thanks for your help!

Mark

1northcoin

@124Spider said:
We stopped by the museum the other day.

It was fun! Lots of interesting things, and worth the $10 price of admission. I don't know that I would recommend going way out of one's way to get there, but it was a good visit.

Thanks for your help!

Mark

@124Spider said:
We stopped by the museum the other day.

It was fun! Lots of interesting things, and worth the $10 price of admission. I don't know that I would recommend going way out of one's way to get there, but it was a good visit.

Thanks for your help!

Mark

I may head over there tomorrow. Today I visited the historic Nevada Capital building on the other side of the street. One of the rooms has been converted to a museum and I actually found an exhibit relating to the Carson City Mint with depictions of all the types of coins minted there. Of particular interest was an interactive display that had the observe and the reverse of a Carson City coin mounted to allow one to create a pencil shadow keepsake.

1northcoin

The afore referenced visit to the Historic Nevada State Capitol in Carson City on the opposite side of the street from where the Carson City Mint was located.

1northcoin

Added photos from a return visit today:

D808LF

I've been there a couple of times, in the 90's. I still have my CC Mint medallion. Nicely toned, I might add.

I remember two glass cases where CC Mint coins were displayed; I think all the dates and denoms were represented(?)