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๐๏ธ The San Francisco Mint Opens (1854): Economic Development in the Gold Rush Era
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San Francisco Mint - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
San Francisco Mint began with gold - Numismatic News (numismaticnews.net)
California gold rush - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Historical Impact of the California Gold Rush | Norwich University (norwich.edu)
The One Thing That Saved the San Francisco Mint (bellevuerarecoins.com)
Ron Pragides on X: "MINTING MONEY IN SAN FRANCISCO April 3 ... (twitter.com)
Discounting gold: Money and banking in Gold Rush California (ac.uk)