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Mint never hinged original gum

U.S. #683
1930 2¢ Carolina-Charleston Issue

Issue Date: April 10, 1930
First City: Charleston, SC
Quantity Issued: 25,215,574

Commemorates the 260th anniversary of the founding of the Province of Carolina and the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the city of Charleston.

Charleston, South Carolina
King Charles II of England granted charters to territory in South Carolina to eight of his loyal friends in 1663. Seven years passed before the group, which was known as the lords proprietors, sent the first colonists to settle along the coast of South Carolina. The English settlers selected a spot where the Ashley and Cooper rivers fed into the ocean. According to a legend handed down through the years, a friendly Indian chief named Shadoo invited the colonists to settle at a site across the river from the city’s current location in 1670.

Settlers of the small town moved across the river to Charleston’s present location in 1672, and the port town became a bustling trade center. The wealthiest city south of Philadelphia, Charleston was the capital city of South Carolina from 1670-1790, as well as the cultural and economic center of the South.