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Union County, GA

Union County, Georgia was carved from Cherokee County in 1832, just four years after the Cherokee Nation ceded the North Georgia mountains under the Treaty of New Echota. The county was named not for the federal union but for the spirit of unity among the early settlers who petitioned for its creation, and Blairsville was established as the county seat in 1835 on land that had been Cherokee territory within living memory. The earliest settlers were Scots-Irish and English families who came up from the Carolina Piedmont through the mountain gaps, bringing with them the Capped Bust and Seated Liberty silver coins, early Liberty Head gold pieces, and the obsolete banknotes issued by the Bank of Darien and the Central Bank of Georgia that still surface in Union County estate sales today. The county's remote mountain geography meant that hard money circulated longer here than in the lowland counties, and the Cherokee gold fields of the Dahlonega district, just thirty miles to the south, gave early Union County settlers a familiarity with gold coin that shaped the county's numismatic legacy for generations.

The timber era transformed Union County beginning in the 1880s. The vast hardwood forests of the Blue Ridge Mountains attracted logging operations that brought cash wages and company scrip into the county, and the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad, which reached the region in the 1880s, connected Blairsville to the broader Georgia economy for the first time. The Union County National Bank, chartered in 1905, issued national bank notes that are actively collected today by currency specialists. The timber families who worked the mountain slopes saved pre-1933 gold coins and pre-1964 silver coins in patterns that reflected both the cash economy of the logging camps and the deep mountain tradition of keeping gold and silver out of the banking system. The Vogel State Park area, established in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, brought federal employment and federal wages into the county during the Depression years, and the CCC workers who built the park's stone structures were paid in cash that often found its way into coin hoards that surface in Union County estates today.

The mid-20th century brought Nottely Lake to Union County. The Nottely Dam, completed by the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1942, created Nottely Lake on the Nottely River, and the reservoir transformed the county's economy from timber and subsistence farming to recreation and retirement. The lake attracted retirees and vacation-home owners from Atlanta and the Carolina Piedmont, and the influx of affluent newcomers beginning in the 1950s brought new estate collections into the Union County market. Young Harris College, founded in 1886 in neighboring Towns County, gave the mountain region an educational anchor that attracted professional families whose estates now surface with collections accumulated over multiple generations.

Today, Blairsville and Union County are known throughout the Southeast for Vogel State Park, Brasstown Bald, and the Appalachian Trail corridor that draws hikers and outdoor enthusiasts from across the region. Union County estate collections reflect that layered history: early Bust and Seated Liberty silver from the Cherokee-era settlement period, national bank notes from the Union County National Bank, pre-1933 gold coins accumulated during the prosperous 1920s, and pre-1964 silver coins saved through the timber and farming eras. When those collections surface, Clemson Coins in Pendleton is the buyer Union County estate attorneys and families trust. We are the only PCGS, NGC, PMG, and CACG authorized dealer in the region, and the approximately 1 hour 10 minute drive from Blairsville via US-76 makes us the closest serious coin buyer to Union County. Clemson Coins Pays The Most, ALWAYS! Moreover, Clemson Coins has the largest coin and bullion inventory in the entire Upstate. Others pale in comparison.

Clemson Coins and Currency is a trusted place to buy and sell gold near Blairsville, Georgia and the entire region, with the largest inventory of gold coins, silver coins, bullion, and collectible currency. We serve customers looking for gold buyers, gold dealers, silver dealers, coin dealers, and precious metals dealers who offer fair pricing and same-day delivery service.

Whether you are searching for type coins, Gold Eagles, Silver Eagles, 90% silver coins, Morgan Dollars, Peace Dollars, or investment-grade bullion, Clemson Coins provides a strong selection for collectors and investors. All items are available for same-day purchase, and our larger gold inventory can be made available quickly and immediately through our secure local bank storage.

If you are searching online for where to buy or sell gold in Blairsville, GA, sell gold near Blairsville, or find a reputable coin shop in Northeast Georgia, Clemson Coins and Currency offers experience, transparency, and a professional buying environment. We help customers throughout Blairsville, Young Harris, Hiawassee, Dahlonega, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Toccoa, Clemson SC and surrounding North Georgia Mountains and Upstate South Carolina communities. We are the only regional dealer holding all these Vetted memberships with CCE · CDHCD · CDNX · JHJ · PCGS · NGC · PMG · CACG · CAC · PSA · CGC and more. No other regional dealers match our credentials and professionalism.