MINT BUILDING INFO SOUGHT 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 41, October 12, 2003, Article 4
MINT BUILDING INFO SOUGHT
Mark Borckardt of Bowers and Merena writes: "I am
working on preparations for an ANA Summer Seminar
class on the history of the second United States Mint and
branch mints. As part of this class, I want to discuss the
physical building, construction thereof, and a floor plan.
Do you or any E-sylum members have such information
or know where the same is located? I have found a few
clues and may need to recreate the actual floor plan as
close as possible. AM Smith?s history of the Mint has a
?tour? of the mint, letting us know that the entry hall is
round, the coining department encompassed nearly all
of the east side of the first floor, etc. Another article
appeared in an issue of Harper?s Monthly with a similar
guided tour of the mint building, telling us for instance
that the coining department was separated in the middle
by a walkway with iron fences. This is illustrated in
Harper?s. I have seen floor plans of the first Mint
building, but not the second. I am also planning a trip to
the old New Orleans Mint building to sketch a floor plan.
My understanding is that the physical New Orleans Mint
building is virtually unchanged from the days of coinage
production, and that it is known what each room in the
building was used for!"[See The E-Sylum, v6n32 (August 10, 2003) for mention
of "A History of the United States Mint, New Orleans,
Louisiana" by Charles J. Collins Jr. -Editor]- 2003-10-12
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