Bechtler Mint
company
Also known as private Rutherfordton mint
Bechtler Mint — business, appearing in the Charlotte record across 3 documented year(s).
In the record (3)
1831
Christopher Bechtler personally designed and fabricated all of the hand-operated coining equipment used at his private Rutherfordton mint, and stamped his coins with their weight in gold and place of origin — practical marks of authenticity that helped the privately minted coins circulate as trusted currency across the southern gold region.
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1832
In 1832 Christopher Bechtler began striking $1.00 gold coins at his private Rutherfordton mint — the first gold dollar coin produced in the United States, predating the U.S. Mint's own gold dollar by more than two decades.
Charlotte Branch MintChristopher Bechtler
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1842
Christopher Bechtler Sr. died in 1842; family members continued operating the private Rutherfordton mint, coining gold until the late 1840s.
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