February 14, 2017 -
Press Release October 1, 1975 The Bicentennial dollar, picturing the Liberty Bell and moon on the reverse and the double date 1776-1976 beneath the portrait of President Eisenhower on the obverse, goes into circulation beginning October 13, 1975, Mrs. Mary...
February 14, 2017 -
Statement of the Honorable Mary Brooks Director of the Mint Before the Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage of the House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing Tuesday, September 23, 1975 Press Release September 23, 1975 Mr. Chairman and Members...
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 -
Press Release August 19, 1975 Hold for Release 11:00 a.m. PDT, Wednesday, August 20, 1975 In a break with its tradition ordering procedures for special coins, the U.S. Mint is taking the unusual step of offering 40% silver Bicentennial coins...
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 April 10, 1975 The first production strikes of the three 40% silver bicentennial coins are scheduled to begin on April 23, 1975, at the San Francisco Assay Office, San Francisco, California, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint,...
February 13, 2017 -
Press Release March 25, 1975 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, today announced that during April and May, 1975, orders will be taken for the third two-medal unit of the America’s First Medals pewter series. The ten-medal series, part...
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...