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,...
February 14, 2017 -
Press Release September 11, 1975 Director of the Mint Mary Brooks announced today a new and innovative marketing program developed expressly for the purpose of providing the greatest number of Americans an opportunity to participate in our nation’s Bicentennial Celebration...
February 13, 2017 -
Excerpts of Remarks of the Honorable Mary T. Brooks Director of the Mint at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis, Minnesota Monday, July 7, 1975, 11:30 A.M. Press Release July 7, 1975 FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY I’m delighted to be...
February 13, 2017 -
Press Release July 1, 1975 Bruce K. MacLaury, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, has invited Mint Director Mary Brooks to that city to launch the national coinage salute to the Bicentennial on Monday, July 7, 1975. Minneapolis...
February 13, 2017 -
Press Release March 12, 1975 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, sent the attached letter to principals of elementary schools throughout the nation. The Mint’s Penny Retrieval Program is a continuing project and the Treasury Department is issuing Special...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release January 19, 1975 HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 2:30 P.M. MST SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1975 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, today announced a price reduction of $3.00 for the three-piece 40% silver Bicentennial proof coin set and...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release November 13, 1974 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, presented first strikes of newly designed Bicentennial silver proof coins to the President today at the White House. The new reverse designs on the double-dated 1776-1976 quarter, half...
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 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...
