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• Financial Literacy

Welcome!

Welcome, educators and parents, to the United States Mint education pages.  We hope you find your visit a rewarding experience!  We would love to help you enrich the education of your young charges with the charisma of coins.

Who We Are

That's what the United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site and the Education pages are all about.  They're a treasure trove of educational riches.  These sections of usmint.gov have sought to "enrich the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning" since 1999.  As we discover the hidden stories behind our coins, we can develop a fascination that can last a lifetime.

Coin enthusiasts, school teachers, and parents across the country and around the world are linked to the United States Mint through usmint.gov.  Much information about past, present, and future coins is available here with just a few clicks. 

Parents can be sure that great care has been taken to make usmint.gov a safe place for children.  Educators of all kinds can find information and teaching tools in abundance here, including lesson plans and classroom ideas created by teachers.  And kids of all ages can enjoy the site's games, activities, and historic research opportunities.

Site Information

Here are some of the pages that have information about the site and how to use it.

• About the United States Mint Web site:  This page has lots of information about the overall site such as accessibility, content schedule, and cookies policy.
• About copyright:  This page explains the rights regarding copying material on this site.
• Linking policy:  Here are some guidelines for those who want to link to pages on usmint.gov.
• Privacy policy:  Here are the guidelines regarding privacy on usmint.gov.
• Help using this site:  On this page you'll find details about the site's structure, what plug-ins you'll need, how to search and navigate, and more.
• About the kids' pages:  Read about the history and purpose of the United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change^™ Web site.
• Main pages:  The main section of usmint.gov also has lots of useful information.  Its sections include a Mint historians' corner, pressroom, consumer alerts, and product information.

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