Bechtler gold dollar, 1830-1837, obverse |
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Title | Bechtler gold dollar, 1830-1837 |
Creator | Bechtler Mint. |
Date | Circa 1834 |
Description | Bechtler gold dollar, 1830-1837 |
Historical Notes | Gold Hill, Gold Pit Creek, Golden Valley, Gold Mine Branch—these and other similar names can be found today on modern maps of North Carolina. They are names that recall the Tar Heel State’s own gold rush, which occurred decades before the more famous strike in California in 1848. During the 1820s and 1830s, prospectors and miners in North Carolina’s western piedmont were unearthing millions of dollars worth of the precious metal. In fact, the gold mining industry during that period employed over 30,000 people and ranked second only to agriculture in its importance to North Carolina’s economy. |
Subject Topical |
Gold coins Numismatic collections Coinage -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century |
Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
DCMI Type | Image |
Title Note | Title supplied by respository |
Form General | Money |
Collection in Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection; Herman W. Bernard Collection |
Digital Collection | North Carolina Currency |
Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Local Identifier | CK90.2 |
Citation | Bechtler gold dollar, 1830-1837; CK90.2; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
Medium of Original | Gold |
Style/Period | Bechtler Gold |
Description
Title | Bechtler gold dollar, 1830-1837, obverse |
Creator | Bechtler Mint. |
Date | Circa 1834 |
Description | One dollar, gold, “C BECHTLER RUTHERF:” encircling “28:G[rains]” high off-center; plain rim. |
Transcription | C BECHTLER RUTHERF: 28.G |
Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
DCMI Type | Image |
Title Note | Title supplied by respository |
Form General | Money |
Physical Description | 16 mm, 1.81 grams |
Collection in Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection; Herman W. Bernard Collection |
Digital Collection | North Carolina Currency |
Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Local Identifier | CK90.2 |
Citation | Bechtler gold dollar, 1830-1837; CK90.2; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
filename | CK90_2_BECHTLER_obv.tif |
Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
Medium of Original | Gold |
path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
Style/Period | Bechtler Gold |
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