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New Orleans Mint
The
New Orleans Mint
operated in
New Orleans
, Louisiana, as a branch
mint
of the
United States Mint
from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. 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. It was closed during most of the
American Civil War
and
Reconstruction
.
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