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Unveiling Ceremony of the Mint’s Historic Tiffany Glass Mosaics

January 23, 2017 - At the Philadelphia Mint Independence Mall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 8, 1971, at 11:30 A.M. PROGRAM Welcoming Remarks * * * * Nicholas Theodore, Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint Introductory Remarks* * * Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint...

Mint to Accept Orders for 1971 Uncirculated Coin Sets

December 28, 2016 - Press Release February 18, 1971 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, announced today that the San Francisco Assay Office will begin accepting orders for 1971 Uncirculated Coin sets on March 1, 1971. Order cards are being mailed this week...

Production of Eisenhower Silver Dollars to Start March 31, 1971

December 28, 2016 - Press Release March 24, 1971 The first strike of the Eisenhower silver dollar coins takes place at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 31, 1971, at the United States Assay Office, 155 Hermann Street, San Francisco, California. The Treasury Department’s Assistant...

Woman Money-Making Champ of the Year

February 2, 2017 - Press Release January 6, 1970 FOR RELEASE A.M. NEWSPAPERS FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1970 The Director of the United States Mint, Mrs. Mary Brooks, today announced that the Denver Mint has topped all previous production records in the Mint’s 177 year...

San Francisco Mint Returns Home

January 23, 2017 - Press Release March 23, 1972 The President announced today the transfer of the old San Francisco Mint from the General Services Administration to the Department of the Treasury for restoration by the Bureau of the Mint for use by the...

Denver Mint Honored for Record Coin Production

February 2, 2017 - Press Release February 2, 1970 FOR RELEASE AFTER 2:30 P.M., MST MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1970 The Director of the United States Mint, Mrs. Mary T. Brooks, today highly praised Denver Mint employees as she presented them an Honor Award which...

Mint Director Announces New Medal Series

December 28, 2016 - Press Release August 31, 1970 The first of a new series of miniature Presidential medals are being struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, Mary T. Brooks, Director of the Mint, announced today. Miniature medals of President Nixon, Kennedy and...

Mint Director Unveils Penny Franklin Sculpture

December 28, 2016 - Press Release June 10, 1971 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, praised Philadelphia’s school children for collecting the nearly 80,000 pennies that Reginald E. Beauchamp molded into his “talking” sculpture of Benjamin Franklin which she unveiled today. “The nation’s...

First Eisenhower Silver Dollars Produced at San Francisco

February 2, 2017 - Press Release March 29, 1971 HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 11:00 AM, PST WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1971 The first strike of the Eisenhower silver dollar coin took place today at the United States Assay Office in San Francisco, California. Eugene T....