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 8, 2017 -
Press Release HOLD FOR RELEASE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1972 The cupro-nickel specimen of the circulating Eisenhower dollar coin will be included in the 1973 proof coin sets produced by the U.S. Mint, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint,...
January 13, 2017 -
Press Release March 10, 1972 Frank H. MacDonald, Deputy Director of the Mint, on behalf of the Director of the Mint, Mrs. Mary Brooks, today presented Special Service Awards to 90 employees of the Numismatic Service Division of the San...
November 19, 2021 -
The 2017 Native American $1 Coin commemorates Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary. Sequoyah adapted writing to the Cherokee language by devising symbols for each syllable. His achievement is one of a handful of examples in world history regarding the...
January 23, 2017 -
Press Release December 28, 1965 FOR RELEASE: P.M. NEWSPAPERS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1965 Production of the new half dollar, authorized by the Coinage Act of 1965, will start on Thursday, December 30, at 10:00 a.m. at the Denver Mint. The...
March 4, 2022 -
The Susan B. Anthony Dollar was the first time that a woman appeared on a U.S. circulating coin. The coin replaced the Eisenhower Dollar and was minted from 1979-1981 and again in 1999. It honored women’s suffrage leader, Susan B....
July 31, 2019 -
The “Lincoln Memorial” penny design was introduced in 1959. This design was last made in 2008 and replaced by the Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Program. The obverse design featuring President Abraham Lincoln was first produced in 1909 to commemorate the...
May 6, 2019 -
This coin was first produced in 1975 in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the independence of the United States. The coin was minted in the years 1975 and 1976 and carried the dual dates of 1776-1976. During the release...
January 12, 2017 -
By Office of Corporate Communications January 11, 2017 The United States Mint will soon be offering the Lions Clubs International Centennial Silver Dollar. Public Law 112-181 authorizes the Mint to strike and issue up to 400,000 silver dollar coins with...
January 23, 2017 -
Press Release May 13, 1970 The Joint Coinage Commission met today to reconsider its position on the minting of an Eisenhower dollar coin. It recommended, by a substantial majority vote, that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to mint...
