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U.S. Assay Office, Seattle, 1905
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U.S. Assay Office, Seattle, 1905

The United States monetary system used to be on the gold standard. People used gold coins, as well as paper currency which was backed by gold. When gold started arriving in Seattle from the Klondike in 1898, the government opened an assay office to buy gold and to certify its purity. The building was located at 617-19 9th Avenue. Handwritten on sleeve: U.S. Assay Office 1905. Caption by MOHAI staff. *Subjects (LCTGM): Government facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Assaying--Washington (State)--Seattle; Gold rushes--Alaska

Date
1905
Photographer / author
Webster & Stevens
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
640 × 510 pixels

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Reason: its US copyright has expired (published before 1931).

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"U.S. Assay Office, Seattle, 1905" (1905). Webster & Stevens, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Assay_Office,_Seattle,_1905_(MOHAI_996).jpg

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