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United States Mint Announces Plans to Discontinue Mail Orders

May 26, 2017 - WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) today announced that it is discontinuing all mail orders effective September 30, 2017. The Mint will return any mail orders received after September 30 with instructions for placing orders online or by phone....

Quick Facts: WWI Centennial 2018 Commemorative Coin Design Competition

April 28, 2017 - For full information, see the competition website. Important dates: Phase One Applications Open: February 29, 2016–April 28, 2016 Phase Two Submission Deadline: August 16, 2016 Winner Announcement: Coming Soon The United States Mint held a public competition to design the 2018...

Quick Facts: 2019 Apollo 11 Commemorative Coin Design Competition

April 14, 2017 - For full information, see the competition website. Important dates: Applications Open: May 1, 2017 Application Deadline: June 29, 2017 Artists Notified if Selected to Submit a Design: July 31, 2017 Submissions Must Be Received By: September 8, 2017 Winner Announced:...

U.S. Mint History: The “Crime of 1873”

April 13, 2021 - By Office of Corporate Communications March 22, 2017 When President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the Coinage Act of 1873 (also known as the Mint Act of 1873 or the Fourth Coinage Act), the ramifications of his action would...

Visiting the Denver Mint

April 30, 2024 - Learn the rich history of the United States Mint and how we produce billions of coins each year for the American public with a free, guided tour of the Denver facility. While in Denver, be sure to visit the Mint’s...

Mint Releases Boys Town Commemorative Centennial Coin

March 27, 2017 - By Office of Corporate Communications March 8, 2017 On Thursday, March 9, the United States Mint will hold a ceremony at the Liaison Capitol Hill Metropolitan Ballroom in Washington, D.C., to officially open sales of the 2017 Boys Town Centennial...

Effigy Mounds Quarter Makes Its Debut

March 27, 2017 - By Office of Corporate Communications February 22, 2017 NASA Astronaut Discusses Effigy Mounds Check out this video from our friends at NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration! Astronaut Peggy Whitson of Iowa recorded this message from the International Space...