The United States Mint was created in 1792 by Congress. The job
of the Mint is to produce the coin currency which is used in the
country. The Mint has offices in Philadelphia, Denver, San
Francisco, and West Point. Coins produced at the Denver Mint
have a D mint mark on the coin. Even before the Mint in Denver
was producing coins for the United States government, Denver has
been on the forefront of the money making scene. During the gold
rush in the 1860’s, a company known as Clark, Gruber and Company
created coins from the gold dust the miners brought in from the
gold fields. In 1862, the United States Mint at Denver opened
and the operations began at the building owned by the Clark,
Gruber and Company. In 1863, the Treasury bought the building
and the business for $25,000. In 1896, the site for the new
facility was purchased for about $60,000. Construction of the
building began in 1897. The Denver Mint first began producing
coins in 1906, about 50 some odd years after the mint was first
established. There i