February 9, 2017 -
Press Release August 1, 1973 A series of medals, commemorating America’s historic customhouses, is being struck by the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Mint in conjunction with the U.S. Customs Service. The first will be available after August 1, 1973,...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release June 15, 1973 The Old San Francisco Mint, still one of the finest examples of Federal classic revival architecture, was simultaneously the first of this style in the West and the last major example of this style in...
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 June 4, 1973 The Old Mint in San Francisco, California, which opened originally in 1874, re-opens to the public on Saturday, June 16, 1973, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, announced today. In honor of the re-opening,...
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,...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release April 10, 1973 The U.S. Mint’s special coins and medals and computer employees begin the move back to the Mint’s old home—the Old San Francisco Mint, Fifth and Mission Streets—on Wednesday, April 11, 1973, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director...
February 9, 2017 -
A BILL To provide a new coinage design and date emblematic of the bicentennial of the American Revolution for dollars and half-dollars. Be it enacted by the Senate and House Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,...
February 8, 2017 -
Press Release March 5, 1973 FOR RELEASE 10:30 A.M., EST MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1973 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, made the following statement today: Desiring to involve all Americans in recognizing the importance of our nation’s Bicentennial in...
February 8, 2017 -
National Bicentennial Competition for New Reverse U.S. Coin Designs ROBERT WEINMAN, Chairman; sculptor, President of the National Sculpture Society. Studied at the National Academy of Design; drew from life with Arthur Lee at the Art Students League, drew and modeled...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release January 12, 1973 Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz today received the first 1973 Proof Coin Set adapted to include the first proof specimen of the Eisenhower cupro-nickel dollar. Mint Director Mary Brooks made the presentation of...
