Pages related to: Mint History

Behind the Design of the Liberty & Britannia Coin

February 8, 2024 - By Stephanie Meredith February 8, 2024 Watch Chief Engravers Joe Menna (U.S. Mint) and Gordon Summers (The Royal Mint) talk about their work on this groundbreaking collaborative design for the 2024 Liberty & Britannia Program. “I wanted people to be...

The Evolution of Liberty on Coins

January 5, 2024 - By Stephanie Meredith January 3, 2024 Throughout the history of this country, the concept of liberty has been a defining principle. Depictions of liberty appear in the halls of Congress, on a large statue in New York harbor, and on...

A Visit to the Nation’s Largest Coin Collection

November 21, 2023 - By Public Affairs Office Staff November 9, 2023 On an early fall day in Washington, DC, members of the U.S. Mint’s Public Affairs team visited the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. As one of...

Silver Center Pattern Cents of 1792

April 7, 2023 - By Tim Grant and Stephanie Meredith March 1, 2023 The year 1792 was one of experimentation for the U.S. Mint. The Coinage Act of 1792 established a national mint and the monetary system of the United States, including all denominations...

Timeline of the United States Mint: 2010s

April 7, 2023 - 1700s | 1800s | 1900s | 2000s | 2010s 2010 January 12: The United States Mint accepts orders for the Northern Mariana Islands Official First Day Coin Cover beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET). Production is limited to 20,000 units. January 22: The...

The 85th Anniversary of the San Francisco Mint on Hermann Street

May 24, 2022 - By Lynn Black May 24, 2022 May marks the 85th anniversary of the third San Francisco Mint building. Built during the height of the Great Depression, the San Francisco Mint sits on a rocky promontory that towers over the nearby streets....

The Philadelphia Mint Celebrates Its 230th Anniversary

April 7, 2022 - By Philadelphia Mint Exhibits and Public Affairs April 7, 2022 The morning of April 2, 1792, seemed like an otherwise normal Monday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the new nation and its new capital. But a long national debate...

The United States Mint Celebrates 230th Anniversary

April 2, 2022 - WASHINGTON – Today, the United States Mint celebrates its 230th anniversary. The Mint is one of the few Federal agencies whose duties are specifically referenced in the Constitution, with Article I, Section 8 establishing that “The Congress shall have the...

The History of Women on Coins

January 22, 2024 - By Stephanie Meredith March 8, 2022 Watch this video to explore the history of women on U.S. coins. In 1893, Queen Isabella of Spain became the first woman featured on a United States coin, the Queen Isabella Commemorative Quarter. It...

2021 Morgan Dollar

May 19, 2023 - In 2021, the U.S. Mint re-issued the Morgan Dollar in honor of its last year of minting in 1921. The 2021 Morgan Dollar is part of the Morgan and Peace Dollar Anniversary Coin Program. In 2023, the Mint released additional...