Gold Eagle Tavern

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Stock #: 257826
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Beaufort
State: South Carolina (SC)
County: Beaufort
Publisher: The Albertype Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The property of which the Tavern forms part was the Beaufort Residence of the plantation owner Henry Williams Desaussure, who was appointed by President Washington in 1794 Director of the U.S. Mint. And soon thereafter he called on President Washington with a handful of Half Eagles, the first successfully coined in the United States

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