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1900:
The United States officially accepts the
gold standard
—backing all its money by gold.
1904:
The Denver
Assay Office
(where gold is tested and weighed) becomes a mint (where coins are made).
1906:
The San Francisco Mint building serves as the city's banking center because most of the city is destroyed by a great
earthquake
and fire.
Also, the
Denver Mint
moves into its new building.
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