6/1/2023 0 Comments 1800s us coinsAmong them was the German jeweler Christopher Bechtler who bought land in Rutherford County in 1830 and began his own – not very successful – search for gold.Īt the time, the only mint in the United States was in Philadelphia, and it was difficult and dangerous to transport the raw gold there. ![]() Drawn by the gold to be found in the rivers of western North Carolina, thousands of fortune seekers kindled a North Carolina Gold Rush to the foothills of the Blue Ridge in the 1820s.
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