San Francisco First Mint and Subtreasury museum visit

WillieBoyd2

The first San Francisco Mint was open from 1854 to 1874 at 608 Commercial Street near Montgomery Street. The building was previously used by Moffat & Company, a private mint and assay office.

The building became a Subtreasury (government office for holding bullion), then was a branch of the Bank of Canton, and now is the Pacific Heritage Museum with exhibits devoted to Asian art.

There is a small mint museum in the basement of the building with some replica ore carts and bags.


San Francisco First Mint building

The nearby Wells Fargo Bank museum at 420 Montgomery is currently closed, a sign says it will open "early in 2014".

ricko

Interesting.... is the building now a 'stand alone' or part of the modern building that appears to be behind it... hard to tell from the picture. Thanks for posting this... Cheers, RickO

BillJones

That is interesting. I thought that the first San Francisco mint building was long gone. It must of lost a couple stories somewhere along the line. From the old picutures looked like two and half to three story building.

SethChandler

Yes, its quite small. It around the corner from where I used to work. Get on down to the Bank of California exhibit. 10mm worth of coins......only a few blocks away.