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San Francisco Mint

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Old San Francisco Mint

Old San Francisco Mint built in 1874

The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint, located in San Francisco, California. It was originally opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush. It quickly outgrew its first building and moved into a new one in 1874. This building, the Old United States Mint, also known affectionately as The Granite Lady, is one of the few that survived the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It served until 1937, when the present facility was opened.

San Francisco Mint in The Guns of the South[]

During the war between Great Britain and the United States, the Royal Navy landed in San Francisco. Along with setting fire to the city, they also sacked the San Francisco Mint, and then returned to the Royal Navy vessels they had arrived on before U.S. forces could do anything about it.[1]

San Francisco Mint in Southern Victory[]

In 1881, during the Second Mexican War, the San Francisco Mint was the target of a daring daylight raid by the British Royal Marines as the Royal Navy attacked the city. The Marines brought with them dynamite to blow open the doors and stealing as much gold and silver as they could carry, quickly left.

The exact amount of what was stolen from the US mint was never clarified, as reports ranged from a quarter of a million to fifty million dollars.

References[]

  1. ↑ The Guns of the South, p. 439.
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