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Press Release January 28, 1977 Deputy Director of the Mint Frank H. MacDonald announced today that in accordance with requests from the States of Pennsylvania and New York, the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia and the New York Assay Office will...
February 15, 2017 -
Press Release January 18, 1977 Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon presented the Alexander Hamilton Award, the Treasury Department’s highest honor award, to Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, on January 11, 1977. Mrs. Brooks is the first...
February 15, 2017 -
Press Release December 27, 1976 Gold bars weighing almost half a ton. A press specially designed so visitors may strike their own White House medal. These fascinating attractions, and much more, are part of the all-new displays in the Exhibit...
February 15, 2017 -
Press Release September 9, 1976 Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon has directed the Mint to discontinue the special Bicentennial reverse designs and to revert to the eagle designs on the reverses of all quarters, half dollars and dollars...
February 15, 2017 -
Press Release November 1, 1976 The exterior and interior restoration of the Old San Francisco Mint, one of the finest examples of Federal classic revival architecture in the West, has now been completed, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint,...
February 15, 2017 -
Press Release October 29, 1976 A new Old San Francisco Mint souvenir medal, dated to mark the completion of the restoration of the national landmark building, is part of the celebration planned to coincide with the public opening of the...
February 15, 2017 -
Press Release October 28, 1976 The silver Bicentennial uncirculated coin sets are now available in new crimson and white gift packaging in time to celebrate the holidays and the close of the nation’s 200th birthday year, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director...
February 15, 2017 -
Press Release September 11, 1976 Americans are acquiring the nation’s new Bicentennial coins at record rates—and apparently saving them for historical heirlooms rather than spending them. The U.S. Mint reported today that orders for circulating versions of the new quarter,...
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Press Release June 29, 1976 On June 22, Mint Director Mary Brooks activated the presses at the San Francisco Assay Office to strike the last of the 45 million 40% silver Bicentennial coins ordered by Congress to celebrate the 200th...
February 15, 2017 -
Press Release May 10, 1976 The Bureau of the Mint joins the Secretary of the Army, Martin R. Hoffman, and the secretary of the Navy, J. William Middendorf II, in announcing that national medals in commemoration of the Bicentennial of...
