1789 Denver Mint Coin ??

bestbino

Has anyone ever heard of a 1789 Denver mint Coin being produced. Any info on it.
Thanks
Jeff

Placid

The Denver Mint opened in 1863.

JrGMan2004

Well... I don't think so... especially considering the fact that the US Didn't stretch that far West at the time... so, unless it was French of Spanish owned...

dorkkarl

sure, in denver, egypt.

K S

MrEureka

Is it a US coin?

bestbino

I should of added these link the first time. Sorry.

The first three are obviously Morgans, but the last one has me puzzled ??

1789 Denver Minted ??

ps: I know, this is Hardly a HUGE LOT

ziggy29

It's a Denver Mint bronze medal. 1789 is shown as the date the U.S. Treasury was established. The Mint sells them for three bucks.

dorkkarl

he said the coin was DATED 1789, not necessarily produced in 1789. there are many precedents of coins w/ dates other than the date of manufacture.

K S

bestbino

Thanks Ziggy.

This is why I love this site.

FC57Coins

OK people - this IS embarassing - basic history lesson here. The US Treasury was established in 1789. There was not much of anything west of say Philadelphia in 1789 other than wilderness. The US still consisted of the 13 original colonies along the eastern seaboard. The Louisiana Purchase was still 15 years away. Denver was a pile of rocks probably - there was no such animal then - The Spanish had barely explored the Colorado region.

Now c'mon - this is basic here! Geez!

GoYankees

Denver was founded in 1864.

Colorado

OHMoneyMan

It is my understanding that the first year that the Denver Mint produced coins was in 1906. I have a 1906-D Barber Quarter in my type set for that reason.

Peace,
OHMoneyMan