Pages related to: Coin Production

Calling All Artists!

January 22, 2024 - February 3, 2023 By Sharon McPike Established in 2003, the United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) contracts with talented, professional American artists who represent diverse backgrounds and a variety of interests. The AIP was specifically designed with the objective...

Coin Production

January 22, 2024 - The U.S. Mint makes the nation’s circulating coins, as well as bullion and numismatic (collector) coins. The Mint’s four production facilities in Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point use a variety of machines and processes. Explore the steps of...

Die Making at the U.S. Mint

January 22, 2024 - The artistic designs on U.S. Mint coins and medals aren’t etched into each coin – they’re pressed. To press a design onto coins and medals, the Mint needs a stamp called a die. To make a die, the Mint uses...

One Hundred Years of Silver Dollar Coinage (1878-1978)

October 2, 2023 - By Jill Westeyn April 15, 2021 This year marks the 100th anniversary of completion of coinage of the Morgan Dollar and the 100th anniversary of commencement of coinage of the Peace Dollar. Essentially, it’s the centennial of the transition between...

How Coins Are Made: Coin Production Terminology

July 2, 2021 - By Stephanie Meredith August 26, 2020 Blank. Planchet. Upsetting. Burnishing. You may have heard these words before, but what do they mean? Learn about these terms to better understand how the U.S. Mint makes coins. To review the parts of...

How Coins Are Made: The Design and Selection Process

January 22, 2024 - By Stephanie Meredith May 6, 2020 The U.S. Mint produces billions of coins a year, some that you use in daily commerce and some just for collecting. If you’ve ever been on a tour of the Philadelphia or Denver Mint...

The History of U.S. Circulating Coins

October 27, 2023 - The story of U.S. circulating coins began long before the opening of a national mint in 1792. Before national coinage, a mix of foreign and domestic coins circulated, both during the Colonial Period and in the years following the Revolutionary...

Historic Coin Production

February 1, 2022 - The U.S. Mint has produced coins for this nation for over 225 years. Coin production evolved from slow horse- and man-powered machinery to fast computer-controlled machines. Explore the history of coin production and how the process changed through the years....

Women at Work: Meet the Mint’s Female Trailblazers

January 22, 2024 - Women have been an essential part of the U.S. Mint’s story from the beginning. Just three years after the Coinage Act of 1792, the Mint hired its first two female employees. In the years that followed, women gained opportunities not readily...

Secretary Mnuchin Visits United States Mint at Philadelphia

June 15, 2023 - By Jill Westeyn February 28, 2018 On February 22, 2018, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin made his first official visit to the United States Mint at Philadelphia where he met with the facility’s employees and observed various aspects of...