February 14, 2017 -
Press Release November 28, 1975 The 1976 regular Proof and Uncirculated Coin Sets will contain the Variety II Eisenhower dollar. The new variety is distinguished by a lower relief on the obverse, softening the facial features on the Eisenhower bust....
February 14, 2017 -
Press Release October 1, 1975 The Bicentennial dollar, picturing the Liberty Bell and moon on the reverse and the double date 1776-1976 beneath the portrait of President Eisenhower on the obverse, goes into circulation beginning October 13, 1975, Mrs. Mary...
February 13, 2017 -
Press Release March 12, 1975 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, sent the attached letter to principals of elementary schools throughout the nation. The Mint’s Penny Retrieval Program is a continuing project and the Treasury Department is issuing Special...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release July 9, 1974 “A U.S. Savings Bond earning 6% is much better investment than the unwanted, unused and unappreciated pennies now saved in dresser drawers, pickle jars, and shoe boxes”, says Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the United...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release June 20, 1974 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, announced today that she is extending Penny Redemption Month in response to numerous requests from children. Children, and all others, turning in $5.00 or more in pennies through...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release June 11, 1974 Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, wife of the Vice President, and Mrs. Arthur Burns, wife of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, are going to help relieve the penny pinch, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release May 21, 1974 I’m calling on every American to get the penny back in circulation and keep it there, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, said today. I’m calling on the banking industry to welcome the return...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release April 15, 1974 Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz announced today that he has approved regulations prohibiting the exportation, melting or treating of pennies, in concurrence with the Federal Reserve Banks. The Coinage Act of 1965 authorizes the Secretary...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release June 11, 1973 1973 Penny bags will be available over-the-counter at the Old Mint in San Francisco when it re-opens to the public at 10:00 am on June 16, 1973, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint announced...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release May 31, 1973 The Bureau of the Mint today issued the following information in answer to a number of inquiries concerning the authorization, production, destruction and possible recovery of 1964-dated 90 per cent silver dollar coins: In 1965,...
