History of America's Forgotten Mints
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2019
- As the United States expanded, the Treasury department needed to establish assay offices and branch mints to allow miners and prospectors to turn their gold and silver into coins. The history of the nation's forgotten mints is the history of those thousands of men and women who went to the frontier to seek their fortune in gold and silver.
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Thank you for mentioning the Mint in Charlotte NC. It's now, as you stated a museum. An art museum that holds various events and has wonderful fine art work, ceramic, and costume exhibitions and now has a modern art Mint Museum in "uptown" Charlotte. Iam originally from California and moved here in 1990. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that we had a Gold Rush here too! Anyway, I sure enjoy your historical episodes and your commitment to showcasing those forgotten or unknown historical events.
When I saw the coin rolling, the first thing that came to mind is that the actor, Val Kilmer can also do that. He makes a point of displaying the talent in many of his movie roles. Iceman in "Top Gun" and Doc Holliday in "Tombstone" are two that come to mind.
yes, but someone before Val did it in a movie. Who?
And he did it in the movie Real Genius as well. 🙂
@@trescatorce9497 That would be W. C. Fields, I am sorry that I do not remember the movie but I also know that it co-starred Mae West.
I am a Native Charlottean, I love the mention by the History Guy! The reason the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s, aka UNCC’s mascot is a 49er! Actually, the County was Cabarrus, present day Concord, NC not far from where the University sits, off US Highway 49. The former Mint in Charlotte houses the Mint Museum now, which was relocated, when the building was demolished to expand the post office next door.
One of my dad’s friends growing up was in charge of bill destruction at the Philly mint. I didn’t understand why anyone would destroy money at the young age he first told me this... probably five or six. In my mind this man burned perfectly good money in a barrel behind his home like a lunatic
K ris my first laugh of the day 🤣 thank you
Doublemint. Two, two. Two mints in one.
I visited the Philly mint once in the 90s and got a tour. The guys who work there doing bill destruction are all bonded and background checked, and when they show up for work they had to change into coveralls with the pockets sewn shut.
@@RCAvhstape That must have made it hell to get a smoke.
Merry Catsrus really....guess F was for Franklin Mint???
I congratulate you on your pronunciation of New Orleans. You almost sound like a local. Well done.
I say "New OrLeens." But I ain't from them there parts.
It's very weird to me hearing that pronunciation from a voice with HG's accent
Nor-Lenz
Yes,a very good pronunciation of my birthplace,my dear sir.
Pronunciation was correct but it is still two words.
The Carson City mint is a great museum. There are several good museums in Carson City. Virginia City is a cool place to visit as well.
Agree on all. History that deserves to be visited. After seeing Virginia City in person I found it hard to imagine 10, 000+ people living there at it's peak. Must have been lively to say the least.
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I lived there for a few years. It was a lot of fun.
@@diabolikmitchell2960 My great-grandfather was there at the time.
It's telling that he spoke much of his time spent getting to Virginia City
and much of his time spent after he left there, but he never really had much
to say about the place itself, and he made a regular shitload of money there.
He sung the praises of Butte, Montana so well that three or four of his daughters
made their way there, and he adored southern Arizona so well that my Mom grew
up dreaming of it, but he never had much to say about Virginia City, except that it
was where he made his fortune.
He did say that the doughnuts were worth travelling twenty miles for. :D
Im familiar with the Carson City mint.
When I was a kid (during the Nixon administration) the US government released for sale through silent bidding 1,000's of uncirculated Morgan silver dollars minted in Carson City. I had a small coin collection and my father helped by doing the paperwork and paying for the silver dollars we won at bid. We didn't get to choose which coins we were bidding on, they all have some surface scratches from the bags they were stored in together, but never circulated. I still dont recall how the government came apon this large discovery of unused CC marked silver dollars about 90 years later at the time. The dozen or so coins we acquired have various values today but they all are still housed in their individual original clear plastic case with a short note from Richard M. Nixon...
neat
Michael, the Carson City Mint dollars came from the Treasury Department. They were being held in reserve for those exchanging silver certificates for silver dollars. That's how I got started collecting them back in the late 50's. Hard to imagine now, but a common date silver dollar was worth exactly one dollar.
Convertibility of silver certificates to silver dollars ended in 1964 as the price of silver was rising above the value of .77 ounces of silver in the dollar. Treasury still had almost 3,000 $1,000 face value bags of silver dollars in 1964, and this supply was shipped to the West Point (NY) Bullion Depository until a decision was made on how to dispose of the coins.
The process started in 1970 when GSA employees, with the guidance of a committee of professional numismatists started separating the coins into grades from uncirculated to circulated. It was decided to offer these in mail bid sale in 1972 with a minimum bid of $30. Almost all were CC coins, and the date and quantity lists sent shockwave through the collecting community. Some of the most expensive date like the 1879 and 1882-1884 were considered rare because so few were available, and the assumption was most had been melted in great silver melts of the 1920's. In fact, they were rare because Treasury was holding enough of them to make it seem like so few were left. CC dollar prices collapsed almost overnight once the lists were released. Without knowing how many more of each date were left in the hoard, many collectors left the CC dollar collecting hobby in disgust. Bidding was much less than had been anticipated. Only 700,000 of the 1.7 million offered were sold. It took the rising price of silver, six more sales, and renewed collector interest before all the silver dollars were finally sold in 1980.
You have a Treasure indeed. Envious , LoL
@@sarjim4381 thank you for this information it makes total sense now... I was very young, but I do remember seeing the actual numbers minted and the price values did correlate somewhat. It was an early lesson in supply and demand.
I guess the government was hoping enough novice collectors (like myself) could absorb these coins without regard to the collector market as a whole.
It's a history lesson within a history lesson.
Thanks!
@@michaelmccarthy4615 You're welcome. About 80% of the coins were sold to people for things like Christmas or birthday gifts. The vast majority of the coins were 1881-1885. They weren't rare, but were uncommon before the sale, and carried a pretty good premium. After the sale, they were dead common. Many serious collectors lost a bundle, especially those that paid a hefty price for the 1879 coin. As you say, a good lesson in supply and demand, especially when the real supply is unknown.
I grew up at the base of Mt. Davidson and Virginia City, Nevada. I have prospected in Gold Canyon and Silver City. I have toured the Chollar Mine the only remnant of the the Comstock Lode that is still accessible to the public. Of course I have been through the Carson City mint several times and have several coins with the CC mint mark. There was also a huge stamp mill on the back side of Mt. Davidson that was called American Flats. You can still find Gold and Silver in the seasonal creeks and ravines around that area. Thanks again to THG for another outstanding short. Please support THG on Patreon as I will continue to do. I wear my shirt with pride!!!
The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.
Nice phrasing, and true.
@@therenumerator9198 It is a quote by Evan Esar. He has some other very witty and spot-on quotes!
Yeah, and I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. There's always a quote for something.
Callie Masters 🤣😂🤣
@@CallieMasters5000 I'll drink to that.
I remember when I was a kid, going to the Carson city mint museum and the museum of natural history in the 1970's,both great places to visit.
It is still there and still a cool experience. I loved it.
As a long time coin collector, I found this illuminating. I knew much of the history but not all. Thanks.
The History Guy is Awesome and accurate.
Thanks for this episode, it's nice to see something that contains local history. I'm part Cherokee living about 30 minutes away from Charlotte near a obsolete gold mine and have visited many of the locations mentioned.
How about an episode on Henry Ford’s Failed Fordlandia? Keep up the excellent work, History Guy.
Maybe. What has held me back is that there are precious few photos in the Public Domain.
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered An excellent book was written by A.J. Baime on Fordlandia and in an interview ( I believe on NPR) he mentioned the archives at the Henry Ford in Dearborn as a major help. In any case, thanks!
the history guy is pretty good at rolling coins in his fingers dang
What are his tells?
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I enjoy playing poker. I consider myself to be better than average. I would not bring more money than I could afford to lose if I were playing The History Guy.
@@leemaxwell1912 he tells a story, heh
@@leemaxwell1912 His bow tie twirls.
You noticed that too?? Lol!!! 🤣
I am glad you are around to teach us History!
Your videos are certainly worth a mint! Absolutely golden! Thanks, History Guy!
I was always fascinated by my dads metal detecting collection and volumes of books on coins and their history. Thanks as always history guy
I just learned of another reason for the Cherokee to have issues with Andrew Jackson. Makes perfect sense. Thank you.
THAT BOW TIE!
It is grand! I hate to see a bunch of "cookie cutter" businessmen all in ties! One day you should tell us the "Dark History" of the neck tie! Folks will REALLY be shoked!
But that bow tie, that's a keeper!
Great Video. One minor correction, The Dahlonega mint building burned, the foundation was used for another building.
I personally live in Charlotte and the Mint is a wonderful thing to see if you are ever in up town. It's not far from a few other historical sites as well and it was awsome to hear about somthing local from my favorite RUclips channel and The History Guy!
As a coin collector I was aware of all of these mints but had no idea how many of them were founded. Thanks for the awesome video as always.
My grandfather worked at the mint in San Fransisco. When he passed, he left us quite a large collection of steel pennies produced by the mint during WWII.
It's a shame he didn't leave you any copper pennies dated 1943. They are worth thousands of dollars.
@@1952creswell are you serious tony....i have to look through my wheat pennies....for some reason i think i might have 2 or 3 1943' s in my collection.....thank you i did not know that
Congratulations on pronouncing N’awlins correctly.
NASCAR Star Bill Elliott’s Father George owned a collection of all coins produced in Dahlonega. The Georgia Dept. Of Natural Resources wanted to display the priceless collection at a state park. The governor gave permission for shoot-to-kill protection and the best shots of the state patrol and D R were stationed around the park and top officials of the DNR awaited the armored car that souls carry the coins as they waited they watched an old Ford pickup truck wend it’s way through the roads and stop in front of them. The driver - a teenaged boy - rolled down the window, held out a wooden box and said, “Granddaddy told me to bring this to you.”
I got to see them at a meeting of the Dawson County Historical Society.
Lance, I own a Bechtler one dollar coin that I was fortunate to find at a good price at a coin and stamp show at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh where I live. I have a modest collection of early U.S. coins to include a number of Large Cents, Indian Head Pennies, Early Morgans, Walking Liberty Halves, etc., but by far my favorite and most prized is my Betchler gold dollar.
When I've been between jobs I've spent a fair amount of time in Uwharrie National Forrest in the vicinity of Badin Lake in a creek called Little Moccasin Creek just north of the town of Troy, North Carolina, not far from the place you mentioned where Conrad Reed pulled that now famous nugget out of the creek on his father's farm that started the first gold rush in American history. There I've been successful in panning and sluicing enough gold to pay the bills, so much so that I've seriously considered going full time but the winters here, though not horrific are still cold enough that being in the water in waders would be difficult during that time of year so it's been a stop gap thing for me.
The Reed Mine was for a time a very profitable venture and people came from all over the world to work it. It was operated continuously until gold was found at Sutter's Mill and everyone threw down their picks and shovels and ran off to California in 1849. Since that time there has been modest work in North Carolina but the yields have been prohibitive to commercial mining for gold in this area ever since for the most part. There have been a few exceptions, such as the Cotton Patch Mine in the Albamarl area, just west of the Reed Mine and though it was worked as recently as the early eighties, the main shaft flooded and modern pumps couldn't keep up with the inundation so a pit was started next to the main shaft and a tourist sluicing operation was started, selling buckets of salted material to would be "prospectors".
The Reed Mine was the stuff of legend but it's said that thousands of patented claims were filed after the "door stop nugget" was found and that Charlotte was one huge dig. There were open pit mines littering the countryside from Ashboro to Charlotte and all points in between to this day but the majority of them are on private land and can't be accessed.
When gold was found on the Reed farm the placer gold was so prevalent and the nuggets so large that the property was known as the "Potato Patch". Today the state of North Carolina owns the property and has the state's Gold Mining Museum located there.
The museum is very interesting, indeed. For a small fee it's possible to see early mining equipment, such as stamping mills, drills, ore removal equipment and there's a hard rock shaft that's properly supported that goes several hundred feet below ground, complete with an amazing gold streak in the wall that can be observed on a guided tour by a Parks Department employee who'll give a comprehensive talk on the history of mining in the area.
Today the North Carolina gold rush is almost forgotten and commercial mining here is pretty much a done deal but it's pretty amazing for a guy like me to be able to, with a minimal amount of equipment pull out enough of that shiny stuff to get by on and while I'm doing it I imagine that I may be in someone else's long forgotten hole that may have produced the very gold that was used to mint the coin that I turn over in my hand while I dream of a time when what I'm doing was a viable means of supporting one's self and a part of my state's history that I really love.
Sorry I went so long but this was an awesome video. Thanks so much!
Watching this video from Dahlonega GA, the mint is now the head administrative building of the University of North Georgia. Still in use!
I am born and raised in Carson City and have been here for 49 years, awesome to see some the incredible history of my hometown on The History Guy!!
The Reed gold mine is still open, you can pan for gold yourself. Pretty cool piece of American history.
Awesome that you covered the North Carolina gold rush. I grew up and live 10 minutes from the Reed Mine. Most people don't know the story, even here among locals. These events are the reason Charlotte remains a financial center today, with several top banks having headquarters here.
I live in Charlotte and have been to the Mint Museum many times. I knew of the Reid gold mine but did not know it’s history. Thank you for another fascinating video
Jeffery Smith You should visit the Reed’s Gold Mine. It’s the first Gold Mine in The United States, and a wonderful tour. You can also still pan for gold there, and might be lucky to find some gold flake!
“Ye” was pronounced “The.” That “Y” was a form of the letter known as “Thorn.”
þe olde minte
Gratitude & Respect Professor!!
You will be happy to know The Dalles, Oregon half-finished mint has been renovated and is now the Erin Glenn Winery with a fancy wine bar. It is still proudly called The Mint Building even though it never minted one coin.
As a Very long time coin collector, approximately 55 years, I knew about all of these, but was pleased to hear about them on a Major Website!
Numismatist here - this pushes my buttons in all the right ways. Great stuff!
Forgotten mints are the best! Sometimes I find them later in my jacket pocket; it's better than finding money!
Coincidentally, that's almost an exact quote from one of the journals from the Donnor Party.
Chocolate Mint is My Favorite...Just Sayin'
@@tindoortailgator even better than forgotten mints is forgotten 'ments, as in comments. I don't remember writing this, but it sure is funny.
Thank you, past me, for making me laugh.
Love,
Future Me
Even today, the existing notes are worth a visit, even if just one, as modern industrial masterpieces. The Tommy Gun Nest in the old lobby of the Denver Mint is particularly entertaining . Thank, you for the memories and the lessons about the old ones.
The BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING in Ft Worth is well worth the time to tour. You can learn a lot about the history of US Currency. You can also buy brand new money there including uncut currency sheets. They got tired of everyone who takes the tour making a joke about free samples so if you ask now they hand you a bag of shredded currency. Very friendly and public oriented staff. They also have guest lecturers to speak and they bring giveaways of large denomination bills trapped in Lucite.
I appreciate how the endings of the videos are softer in volume. It makes for pleasant transitions.
Fascinating stories, making me wonder about the history of Australia's 3 original Mints. Western Australia's original Mint opened for a similar reason during late 19th Century, (as were the ones built in U.S.), due to the Kalgoorlie gold rush.
Others were built in Sydney and Melbourne but are now closed. Perth Mint is still very much an active part of the city as an ongoing producer of special gold coins (including the world's largest gold coin worth about $53 million), and ingots, as well as other more modern lower currency coins.
It regularly holds the attention of visiting tourists both as a unique historical building and a modern production facility, recently upgraded and enlarged.
Excellent episode and awesome bow tie/ handkerchief set!
The Old New Orleans Mint is now a museum.
Gerard Trigo The Old New Orleans?😂
The suspense, the the mystery, of watching and waiting for you to drop/ NOT drop the coin distracted me from truly appreciating the history. I'm gonna have to listen with my eyes closed.
ditto!
If I had dropped one, I would have edited that out.
I am reading the comments while waiting for the video to download. I think I am back in the 56K dial-up modem days again.
Thank you for yet another factual and informative video..I love and appreciate your hunger for history, not to mention the time spent to bring these videos to us!
AMEN, THX
Great subject and great information. Thanks for all you do for your many fans!
As a bit of a coin collector I have always been interested in the history of American coinage. The coins you were holding at the end of the vid, the Eisenhower Dollars, were IMO the last 'great' coins minted and are among my faves. It amazes me how easy it is to this day to obtain uncirculated-condition Morgan Dollars comparatively cheap as they here hoarded extensively and huge hidden caches turn up occasionally. Anyways, thanks for another great video!
That's an interesting point. My father was a coin collector, which caused me to get pretty "calibrated", when grading coins. I just looked up Morgan Dollar values on the web:
www.pcgs.com/prices/
And their "uncirculated" (50+), and even mint condition (65+) coins are valued much lower, than other coins of the same condition, and face value. Some, non-silver, Eisenhower Dollars are near the same value !
The Morgan dollars minted at Carson City are usually worth quite a bit more than average.
Wonderful video. Coins are one of the most important tangible artifacts of the past. Might I suggest a video on Isaac Newton and his work as head of the British Mint and his role in fighting counterfeiting? Lots of intrigue, with perhaps the greatest mind that ever lived in disguise in a seedy East London bar. Just the type of topic you would enjoy.
I used to go to the Mint Museum often when I was a kid living in Charlotte in the early/mid 1970s. :-) My parents were volunteers there during the summer months, and thus we were there often. I have a lot of fond memories of the museum. :-)
Very good reporting on this topic! One very small nit pick, however: You said the San Francisco Mint made proof coins starting in 1965. Actually none of the mints made any proof coins in the years 1965, 1966, and 1967. They only made "Special Mint Sets" those years. Proofs started again in 1968 at San Francisco. Another tid bit of history is that in those three years there were no mint marks on any coins. An act of Congress banned mint marks to thwart collectors after the switchover to clad coinage from silver in 1965. This was repealed and in 1968 mint marks resumed with all 3 mints making circulating coins (P, D, S) and San Fran also making all the proofs.
Fancy finger work!
I was wondering if I was the only one who noticed it as I was scanning through the comments!
"Seize the Cherokee land and raffle it off". I bet that wasn't the first time Uncle Sam!
When I saw the title, my first thought was "There's more than pepper and spear?"....Hey, don't judge. I work second shift and had just woken up.
Don't forget the big white mint in the men's room.
I am told it tastes as bad as it smells.
Fascinating stuff. I wonder how it works in the UK. I think we only have the Royal Mint in the UK to make our coins. It's one building and it's in Wales.
I know a house where coins were forged: I'm not sure which side of WW2 though but I think the 1950's. The chap had a gable end with a gas street lamp fixed to his corner wall and a brilliant sense of irony. He plumbed into the gas pipe and ran his little furnace on the town's gas supply forging bobs, florins and half crowns ( 5p, 10p and 12.5p in today's decimal currency ). The house is still there, there is an electric light, but there's marks on the stonework where the gas lamp bracket was.
Hello. Can you please do a feature on Riggs Bank? It is the only private business to be on money ($10 bill), and they traditionally held the bank accounts of the Presidents. It has a fascinating history, and a massive fall.
Thank you
Ooh I'm interested
IIRC, it was also said to be theCIA's favorite bank and was used when they set up Air America.
Thank you so much for your videos. I really enjoy them.
Love the video . I can't start my day with out the history guy !! You are very good at rolling a coin .
I still would like to see an episode on the Hunley, the Confederate submarine that sank in the Civil War.
I second this. The story of the coin is amazing.
Maybe add the turtle to the discussion.
@@diggernash1 Yes, the turtle did come first, but I am pretty sure it never sank another vessel. Clive Cussler books got me hooked on all of this history!
Ryck Rarick The Navy had a submarine tender ship in the 60s called The USS Hunley.. was a twin ship with the USS Holland.
Very much like the style of your videos, thank you for sharing and explaining things in a nice easy to digest way. :)
This is a great video. Thank you for finding this information and sharing it!
Certainly this saga of the expansion and development of the Country should and due to historians such as you, is being remembered! time to add the channel to my patreons
Thank you for posting this. I have fond memories of visiting the Carson City mint as a kid!
I am the proud owner of a 1955 double D wheat back penny. I've been saving coins since my grandmother started giving us kids her pennies she's collect between visits. We were thrilled every time she came over, hoping we would find a particular penny we were looking for, to complete our penny booklets, with each year and associated mint holding a representative coin. Still check my coins at least once a week. lol
You must do an amazing amount of research for each episode. My hat is off to you sir, good work!
Just wanted to say thank u, for all that u do. Love ur videos
You are a great orator. Thank you for all the awesome stories!
Mr. H., You have demonstrated your verbal elocution and articulation as being top notch, but now you have demonstrated your prestidigitation skills as well...!! What next...?? I didn't know about these other private minters...very interesting.
See that . Men CAN multitask
need to send this video to Brie Larson aka "captain marvel"
I dont know how you manage to stick to these daily uploads but its great!
I'm so grateful to have found your channel.
Great stuff! Very, very interesting! Thanks!
You and your wife"s work is the best. Thank you both for this channel. I love history! It's just fascinating!
That nonchalant skill with a dollar. History Guy is Doc Holliday CONFIRMED.
Thank you, History Guy!
the old Reed gold mine, near Albemarle NC, is a state park where visitors can walk through the mine and pan for gold on the creek that flows through the park. the jeweler that swindled mr. reed operated his business on Hay St. in downtown Fayetteville NC, a town that has a long history of such behavior, just ask any soldier that has been lucky enough to have been posted to Ft. Bragg since WWI.
Suggestions for stories
1. US Navy shipyards
2. Mare Island Naval Shipyard(500+ ships built)
3. USS Guitarro SSN-665 (aka the Mud Puppy)
Fascinating! Thank you!
Great video, I've been to the New Orleans Mint Musem, back in the 80's they had a broad range of NOLA historic stuff including Louis Armstrong's horn.
If anyone gets the chance take the Denver mint tour I've gone several times and has driven my love of coins love this video and glad that this history can be remembered
As usual, an other excellent bit of history!
I found a Jefferson nickel (1943 I think, I don't have it anymore) with no mint mark. I took it to a coin dealer and after some research he found that is was a counterfeit! I was jazzed. Is there a story about counterfeiting coins?
(All US nickels minted in 1943 and 1944 had mint marks.)
Sir, again, thank you for all your hard work..don't stress
Prior to the nuclear test blast in New Mexico during World War II the largest explosion in U.S. History was at the Battle of the Crater during the Civil War. A brilliant sapping strategy by a Major in the Pennsylvania militia led to a disaster for the North. It is History that deserves to be remembered.
Outstanding as always.
Interesting bit of trivia about the Carson City Mint. The Nevada State Musesum, which is housed in the old mint building, has one of the original coining presses prominently on display, on loan from the US Mint.
During the coin shortage of the mid/late 1960s, the Mint "unloaned" the press, unbolted it from the floor, and shipped it to the San Francisco Assay Office, where it helped strike cents until 1974 before being returned. Some of the SF cents of that period are not particularly well struck, and it's believed that those are ones that were minted on the antique press.
I agree with John Galt's comment below.
I have been going to the Nevada State Museum in the old mint building for years. Of particular interest is the basement where they have simulated silver mine.
There is also a great gun collection.
Wonder if I should show this to some teachers I know so they can use this guys stuff in classes to teach the kids. I think they will get a kick out of this guy. I love to learn and this is a great channel.
I loved this episode. I once sold a Carson City silver dollar for nearly a thousand bucks. They’re not so rare but rare enough. Thanks for your efforts pulling this together.
Mints are fun
Well.. not always.
But hindsight and history and they're art and stuff is sometimes fascinating. Love
And tasty as well .
Interesting! The things I didn't know I didn't know amazes me sometimes.
Fantastic video showing how Coin Collecting is pursuant in US History
The Reed Gold Mine has a tour well worth the visit.
Great episode HG! I've been to the Carson City mint. So interesting
Very interesting. I'm from Denver and this is new to me. Thanks so much.
I must say I love your videos. I just recently discovered your channel, and I find your enthusiasm and passion for history to be a wonderful thing. You make what could be dry facts into compelling stories that hold my interest. That said I do have to correct one thing you said, sort of, really a pronunciation. In premodern English the plural of you, ye, is pronounced with a y sound, however when used as an article ( ie ye olde mint) the y is actually representative of a letter no longer used in English "þ" called a thorn. þe (the proper way to spell that word based on usage) is just the earliest spelling of the word " the" and pronounced the same way (as is the ye form).
Great video History Guy. I live very close to Reeds Gold Mine. We took field trips there in school.
Nice tie Playboy!
What an interesting story! Thanks for sharing this.
Green Russell and his brothers are worthy of their own lengthy history video. Sons of a Dahlonega, GA miner, they made a small fortune in the California gold fields and later were credited with opening the Colorado gold fields.
Local lore here in Dahlonega has it that a washer woman at Sutter's Mill in California who was originally from Dahlonega was the one who positively identified the gold nugget that spawned the Calif gold rush. Specifically, there was speculation that the nugget was fool's gold. The washerwoman said that the nugget would turn black when placed in her soap water if it was fool's gold, while real gold would remain shiney. The nugget was placed in her wash water, but was still shiny the next morning. She wrote to friends back in Georgia about the gold discovery, and many Georgia miners packed up quickly and headed to California, among them, the Russell brothers.
Thank you so much for this video :)
I live in the town where Bechtler mint. It's interesting history because the quality of the gold coming out of the mint was higher than government owned mints!