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Inside the Denver Mint: The Millionaire Calculating Machine

August 22, 2017 - August 22, 2017 If you visit the Denver Mint, you might meet a millionaire. But this millionaire isn’t a person, and it’s not a coin, either. It’s an object you might use every day in school or as an application...

Visiting the Denver Mint

March 15, 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 Marks Restored to Coins

February 17, 2017 - Press Release January 4, 1968 The 1968 United States coins, which carry mint marks for the first time since the 1964 dated coins, were shown today at the Denver Mint. Miss Eva Adams, Director of the Mint, and Mrs. Marian...

Striking of Benjamin Franklin-Liberty Bell Half-Dollars

February 17, 2017 - Press Release April 15, 1948 Press Service No. S-697 Secretary Snyder announced today that the new Benjamin Franklin-Liberty Bell half dollars are now being struck at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, and will be supplied to Federal Reserve Banks and...

Mint Facilities Suspend Coin Production

February 15, 2017 - Press Release February 9, 1977 Deputy Director of the Mint Frank H. MacDonald announced today that, effective February 11, the Denver Mint and the West Point Depository will suspend production of coins for an indefinite period. Coin-making dies used by...

Selection of a Site for the New Denver Mint

February 10, 2017 - Press Release July 16, 1974 FOR RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M., MDT, JULY 16, 1974 Director of the Mint, Mary T. Brooks, made the following statement today on the selection of a site for the new Denver Mint, at Denver, Colorado....

Colorado Professor Takes Oath as Assayer of Denver Mint

January 11, 2017 - Press Release February 2, 1970 FOR RELEASE AFTER 3 P.M., MST MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1970 Hildreth Frost, Jr., Assistant Professor at Colorado School of Mines, was sworn in today as the Assayer of the Denver Mint. Appointed to this important...

Woman Money-Making Champ of the Year

February 2, 2017 - Press Release January 6, 1970 FOR RELEASE A.M. NEWSPAPERS FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1970 The Director of the United States Mint, Mrs. Mary Brooks, today announced that the Denver Mint has topped all previous production records in the Mint’s 177 year...