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Come See the Gold, Come Strike a Medal at the Treasury Department

February 15, 2017 - Press Release December 27, 1976 Gold bars weighing almost half a ton. A press specially designed so visitors may strike their own White House medal. These fascinating attractions, and much more, are part of the all-new displays in the Exhibit...

Brooks’ Remarks at National Bicentennial Coinage Ceremony

February 13, 2017 - Excerpts of Remarks of the Honorable Mary T. Brooks Director of the Mint at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis, Minnesota Monday, July 7, 1975, 11:30 A.M. Press Release July 7, 1975 FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY I’m delighted to be...

Bicentennial Circulating Coins Arrive

February 13, 2017 - Press Release July 1, 1975 Bruce K. MacLaury, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, has invited Mint Director Mary Brooks to that city to launch the national coinage salute to the Bicentennial on Monday, July 7, 1975. Minneapolis...

“The Granite Lady’s” New Gold Display

February 10, 2017 - Press Release December 2, 1974 Notice to Assignment Editors Sneak preview for the press at the Old Mint, Fifth and Mission Streets, San Francisco, California, on Monday, December 9, 1974, at 11:00 a.m.: The Granite Lady starring the Old San...

Unveiling Ceremony of the Mint’s Historic Tiffany Glass Mosaics

January 23, 2017 - At the Philadelphia Mint Independence Mall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 8, 1971, at 11:30 A.M. PROGRAM Welcoming Remarks * * * * Nicholas Theodore, Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint Introductory Remarks* * * Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint...

Ceremony Marks Designation of Treasury Building as Historic Site

December 28, 2016 - Press Release October 5, 1972 Secretary of the Treasury George P. Schultz will accept a plaque commemorating the Main Treasury Building in Washington as a national historic landmark at a brief ceremony at 2:00 p.m. on October 18. The event...

U.S. Mint Exhibit at ANA Convention

January 23, 2017 - Press Release August 9, 1971 For the first time, the Bureau of the Mint has prepared a major exhibit to be seen by the public and the coin collectors attending the American Numismatic Association Annual Convention. The meeting is being...