![]() ![]() ![]() Immediately under its base is the word 'Denver', and beneath it 'Ten D.'. "On the face is a representation of the peak, its base surrounded by a forest of timber and 'Pikes Peak Gold' encircling the summit. On 25 July 1860, the mint opened in a two-story brick building on the corner of Market and 16th Streets, minting $10 gold pieces at the rate of "fifteen or twenty coins a minute". Desiring to save on shipping and insurance costs associated with shipping gold back east, the firm opened a private mint. Clark and Emanuel Henry Gruber founded a brokerage firm in Leavenworth, Kansas, and then established an office in Denver at the beginning of the Colorado Gold Rush. During the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, they coined gold dust brought from the gold fields by the miners. The predecessors of the Denver Mint were the men of Clark, Gruber and Company. Clark, Gruber & Company gold coins on display at the History Colorado Center-a pair of $10 coins at left, and $20 coins at right, also known as eagles and double eagles, respectively The Denver Mint is the single largest producer of coins in the world. Coins produced at the Denver Mint bear a D mint mark (as did the Dahlonega Mint, which closed before the Denver branch opened). The mint is still operating and producing coins for circulation, as well as mint sets and commemorative coins. The Denver Mint is a branch of the United States Mint that struck its first coins on February 1, 1906. ![]()
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