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North Carolina's Private Mint: The Story of the Bechtlers and Their Honest-Weight Dollars.

Record #:
11902
Abstract:
Skilled German metallurgists, Christopher and Augustus Bechtler, arrived in Rutherford County in 1830 and established the first privately owned mint in the United States in 1831. Bechtler and son coined the first gold dollar and produced coins in different sizes and weights and crafted jewelry. Good specimens of Bechtler coins are rare today and are valued up to $100 or more.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 31 Issue 7, Aug 1963, p10