This place made a lot of money.

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This place made a lot of money--literally. Built in Charlotte when this was the top gold-producing state, the first branch of the U.S. Mint coined $5 million between 1838 and 1861. In the Depression, the building was moved to the suburbs, where it became the state's first art museum in 1936. A spanking-new Mint...