New Orleans Mint Gold Coins

It popularized these underappreciated coins and introduced many new collectors to the field in the ensuing two decades much has changed in the new orleans gold market.

New orleans mint gold coins.

1880 o morgan silver dollar gold toned uncirculated coin new orleans mint s 1 250 00. Make offer 1853 o g 1 pcgs ms 63 new orleans mint liberty head gold dollar. In the midst of the civil war the southern confederates took over the mint in new orleans and no coins were minted from 1862 until 1879. Monnaie de la nouvelle orléans operated in new orleans louisiana as a branch mint of the united states mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909.

1852 o 2 50 gold liberty head quarter eagle ngc au55. The new orleans mint french. New orleans gold coins were struck in seven decades. In 1989 the first edition of doug winter s book gold coins of the new orleans mint was published.

Newly discovered hoards have changed the rarity levels of certain dates. Most twenty dollar gold coins minted at the new orleans mint have soft and mushy details. On march 3 1835 the us congress established three branch mints. Make offer 1880 o morgan silver dollar gold toned uncirculated coin new orleans mint s 1 1853 o g 1 pcgs ms 63 new orleans mint liberty head gold dollar.

New orleans mint by david ginsburg. But this coin is special. It was closed during most of the american. The new orleans mint has one of the most interesting and important histories out of all the us coin mints.

1830 s 1840 s 1860 s 1870 s 1880 s 1890 s and 1900 s. Two in the gold rush areas of charlotte north carolina and dahlonega georgia to mint gold coins and one in new orleans louisiana to mint gold and silver coins. 1839 o 2 50 pcgs ms62 cac. During its years of operation it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every american denomination with a total face value of over us 307 million.

The new orleans mint struck gold coins in denominations from 1 to 20 gold pieces. In addition it struck a variety of silver coins including the famous morgan silver dollars. Gold coins from 1879 to 1909. It is the only classic head gold coin from the new orleans mint and the only gold coin from new orleans with the mintmark displayed on the obverse.

The united states mint created only 2 250 gold double eagles in 1856 at the new orleans mint. New orleans mint reopened in 1879 long after civil war when the new orleans mint finally reopened the famous o mint mark appeared again on official u s.