December 28, 2016 -
Press Release February 3, 1971 On Wednesday, February 3, 1971, the Denver Mint began producing cupro-nickel half dollars bearing the portrait of President John F. Kennedy in accordance with the provisions of the 1970 coinage law, Mary T. Brooks, Director...
December 28, 2016 -
Press Release September 25, 1972 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, announced today that the ordering date for 1973 Proof Coin Sets is being postponed to allow sufficient time to make equipment and packaging modifications to accommodate the inclusion...
February 2, 2017 -
Press Release February 2, 1970 FOR RELEASE AFTER 2:30 P.M., MST MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1970 The Director of the United States Mint, Mrs. Mary T. Brooks, today highly praised Denver Mint employees as she presented them an Honor Award which...
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...
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...
December 28, 2016 -
Press Release November 10, 1970 The United States Treasury Department announced today that November 10, 1970, brings to a close the sale of surplus silver offered to the public at competitive sealed bids through the General Services Administration. A balance...
December 28, 2016 -
Press Release December 9, 1970 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, today issued the following statement after the House-Senate Conferees’ approval of the coinage amendments authorizing the Mint to produce Eisenhower dollar coins in silver and in cupro-nickel, and...
December 28, 2016 -
Press Release June 10, 1971 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, praised Philadelphia’s school children for collecting the nearly 80,000 pennies that Reginald E. Beauchamp molded into his “talking” sculpture of Benjamin Franklin which she unveiled today. “The nation’s...
January 23, 2017 -
December 1970 Frank Gasparro, the U.S. Mint’s chief sculptor and engraver, designed the front and back of the Eisenhower dollar coin. He began working on the obverse drawing for the coin in the spring of 1969 and settled on using...
February 2, 2017 -
Press Release March 29, 1971 HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 11:00 AM, PST WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1971 The first strike of the Eisenhower silver dollar coin took place today at the United States Assay Office in San Francisco, California. Eugene T....
