February 10, 2017 -
Press Release August 7, 1974 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, today announced that during September and October, 1974, orders will again be taken for America’s First Medals series. The ten-medal series, part of the Treasury Department’s Bicentennial program,...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release August 8, 1974 Mrs. Mary T. Brooks of Carey, Idaho, today took the oath of office for her second five-year term as the 28th Director of the Bureau of the Mint. Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release April 8, 1976 Mr. Frank H. MacDonald, Acting Director of the Mint, today announced that the Mint is now accepting orders for the fifth, and final, two-medal unit of the America’s First Medals pewter series. Orders are also...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release August 6, 1974 For the first time in the history of our country coins honoring our Nation’s Bicentennial will be struck at the Philadelphia Mint on Monday, August 12, 1974, at 11:00 a.m. The first trial strikes of...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release July 16, 1974 FOR RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M., MDT, JULY 16, 1974 Director of the Mint, Mary T. Brooks, made the following statement today on the selection of a site for the new Denver Mint, at Denver, Colorado....
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 10, 2017 -
Press Release May 23, 1974 The fifth in a series of medals commemorating historic customhouses in the United States has been struck by the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Mint in cooperation with the U.S. Customs Service. The medal features...
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...
