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San Francisco Numismatic Employees Receive Awards

January 13, 2017 - Press Release March 10, 1972 Frank H. MacDonald, Deputy Director of the Mint, on behalf of the Director of the Mint, Mrs. Mary Brooks, today presented Special Service Awards to 90 employees of the Numismatic Service Division of the San...

Employee Spotlight: San Francisco

December 21, 2016 - By Office of Corporate Communications December 21, 2016 Safety, Occupational Health & Environmental Manager Susanne Turner enjoys a lot about her work at the U.S. Mint in San Francisco. She can talk at length about the Mint’s initiatives to reduce...

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...

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...

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....

The Great Earthquake and Fire

January 23, 2017 - Excerpt from Annual Report of the Director of the Mint to the Secretary of the Treasury Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1906 Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906, Page 42-43. – Historical Reference Collection United States Mint. The mint escaped destruction...