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opened in 10/y anu ciosea again in 1909. The California gold rush led to the establishment of the San Francisco mint in 1854. Prospectors with pokes of gold dust and nuggets were its best customers. In four years, the San Francisco mint produced more gold coins than all United States mints had turned out' before the discovery of gold in California. The second San Francisco mint building withstood the 1906 earthquake and fires. The $200 million in currency and specie stored in its vaults helped the city revive business after the disaster. A mint operated in Carson City from 1870 to 1893 for the convenience of nearby silver miners. The coin most^in demand was a 20-centpiece— it bought two shots of whisky in mining towns. The Denver mint was established in 1906. The main Philadelphia mint, now housed in a 1901 building, will move into a modern new home late in 1968. Automated production lines will spew out 10,000 coins a minute—enough for the hungriest parking meters.
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