FIRST -- US Mint, Charlotte NC
N 35° 13.634 W 080° 50.614
17S E 514234 N 3898253
America's first Mint was located in Charlotte NC.
Waymark Code: WMX3ZK
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2017
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Thomas Polk Park is located on the southwest corner of Independence Square, at the corner of N Tryon and E Trade Street in downtown Charlotte.
The waymarked historical marker is located on the Liberty Walk inside of the Thomas Polk park. It is incised in a panel around the waterfall. The marker reads as follows:
"During the first half of the nineteenth century Charlotte was the gold mining capital of the United States, and the first branch of the US Mint opened here in 1837. In the latter part of the twentieth century, Charlotte became the leading banking center of the southeast."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1837
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