February 17, 2020 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for the Andrew Jackson Presidential Silver Medal (product code S807) on February 24 at noon EST. The medal is priced at $46.00. Struck in 99.9 percent fine silver, the...
May 13, 2019 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) released Presidential Medals struck in .999 fine silver in honor of the nation’s fourth president, James Madison, on May 6 at noon EDT. This medal is the second of four silver presidential medals...
May 31, 2018 -
Why Presidents’ Day? The history of Presidents’ Day can be traced back to the late 1700s. People began celebrating George Washington’s Birthday (February 22) while he was still president. About a hundred years later, his birthday became a federal holiday....
December 17, 2018 -
The Presidential Medals series began as the Peace Medals series. Presidents gave medals as a sign of peace with Native American tribes, when signing peace treaties with other nations, and at other events. The tradition originated during the Colonial period...
October 4, 2016 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint will accept orders for the 2016 Coin and Chronicles Set – Ronald Reagan (product code 16PA) beginning on October 11 at noon Eastern Time (ET). Priced at $68.95, this set contains the following: One...
January 17, 2017 -
Treasury and Mint Leaders Present Official Medals at Oval Office Ceremony
December 28, 2016 -
Press Release August 6, 1971 On Thursday, August 12, 1971, at 9:00 a.m., Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, will open a new addition to the Exhibit Hall of the U.S. Treasury Department located in the main Treasury Building. Joining...
December 28, 2016 -
Press Release August 31, 1970 The first of a new series of miniature Presidential medals are being struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, Mary T. Brooks, Director of the Mint, announced today. Miniature medals of President Nixon, Kennedy and...
February 15, 2007 -
George Washington to be First in Historic Presidential $1 Coin Series
December 19, 2006 -
United States Mint Shows Off First Consecutive Coin Series Featuring Women
