The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 16, April 18, 2004, Article 19

MEDAL STRUCK ON CARSON CITY COIN PRESS NO. 1

  An April 3rd article in the Reno Gazette-Journal reports
  "a new, limited edition silver medallion commemorating the
  100th anniversary of the Wahoe County Library System,
  Nevada's first public library, is scheduled to be minted April
  23 on the Nevada State Museum's historic Coin Press No. 1
  in Carson City."

  "In honor of the library's centennial year, the Nevada State
  Museum has created a limited edition commemorative collector
  medallion with the ?CC? mintmark.

  The one-ounce medallion features an image of the original
  Carnegie Library on the front and Coin Press #1 on the reverse."

  To read the full article (and learn how to order on of the
  medals, see: Full Article

  For more information on Coin Press No. 1, see: More Info

  "Manufactured by Morgan & Orr in Philadelphia, who
  created many of the steam-powered coining presses then
  in use throughout the world, the first six-ton press arrived
  at the Carson Mint in 1869. As was the custom of the day,
  it was painted with a large "1" to signify the first press
  located in the corner's department.

  On February 11, 1870, this press struck the first coin
  bearing the soon-to-be-famous CC mintmark, a Seated
  Liberty dollar.

  For nearly a quarter of a century it was used to strike
  most of the larger denomination pieces produced during the
  years the mint actually produced coins, from 1870 to 1885
  and again from 1889 to 1893."

  For information on touring the Carson City mint building,
  see: Carson City Mint Tours

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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