THE SHORT ANSWER
Denver is a coin factory and the third-largest named Treasury gold location
The latest government schedule reports 43,853,707.279 fine troy ounces at Denver, or 1,364 metric tonnes. That is 16.77% of the complete U.S. Treasury-owned gold total. Denver's circulating-coin production and public tours are separate from the deep-storage bullion account.
Treasury deep storage.
Calculated from one report.
Official Mint timeline.
At the current building.
HOW DENVER FITS
Deep storage is one line in a larger national reconciliation
These three lines are Mint deep-storage bullion. The national total also needs Mint working stock and four Federal Reserve Bank-held bullion and coin rows.
FROM ASSAY OFFICE TO DEEP STORAGE
Denver's gold role predates its first coin
The government acquired the Clark, Gruber & Company building for gold coinage.
Miners brought gold for melting, refining, assaying and casting into bars.
The new West Colfax facility began producing gold and silver coins.
The Mint records 20 shipments totaling 57 million ounces from San Francisco.
WHAT THE NUMBER PROVES
The month-end row supports quantity, not every claim about the vault
- It supports the reported Denver fine-gold quantity on the stated record date.
- It supports Denver's inclusion in the national Treasury-owned gold total.
- It supports a statutory book-value row at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce.
- It does not reveal individual bar serials, gross weights, fineness or vault coordinates.
- It does not mean circulating coins at Denver are made from deep-storage reserve bars.
- It does not prove that a public tour includes access to bullion storage.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Official records used for this guide
- Fiscal Data gold reserve dataset for Denver quantities, form and book value.
- U.S. Mint at Denver for facility functions and the official historical timeline.
- Fiscal Service Gold Report for the complete Treasury-owned gold schedule.
FAQ
Denver Mint gold reserve questions
How much gold is stored at the Denver Mint?
The latest Treasury schedule reports 43,853,707.279 fine troy ounces at Denver as of 2026-06-30. That equals 16.77% of the full reported U.S. government total.
Why does the Denver Mint store U.S. gold?
The Mint's official history says gold bars arrived from the San Francisco Mint for safekeeping in 1934. The modern Treasury schedule continues to report Denver as a Mint deep-storage location.
Does the Denver Mint still make coins?
Yes. The U.S. Mint describes Denver as a production facility that makes circulating coins, numismatic products, commemorative coins and coin dies.
Is Denver gold part of the U.S. Treasury reserve?
Yes. The Fiscal Data row is part of the Status Report of U.S. Government Gold Reserve and is included in the national Treasury-owned total.
Can the public tour the Denver Mint gold vault?
Denver offers guided tours of coin manufacturing, but a public Mint tour is not evidence of access to deep-storage gold. The official tour description focuses on production and visitor rules.