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Women’s Suffrage Celebrated Through Coins and Medals

January 22, 2024 - By Stephanie Meredith April 21, 2020 Watch the video to hear Artistic Infusion Program artist Christina Hess describe her designs on the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Silver Dollar. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women the...

Women’s Suffrage Centennial Silver Dollar

February 8, 2021 - The road to securing voting rights for women is paved with the efforts of countless suffrage activists who worked tirelessly for more than seven decades conducting over 900 local, state, and federal campaigns. Their extraordinary determination culminated in the ratification...

United States Mint Unveils 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Coin Designs

September 6, 2019 - SPPRINGFIELD, MA – The United States Mint (Mint) unveiled designs for the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Coin Program today during the 2019 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Springfield Symphony Hall. The designs will be featured...

Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program

January 22, 2024 - Background On December 21, 1891, a young physical education instructor named Dr. James Naismith introduced the game of basketball to his class at Springfield College, formally the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Three years later, the game was being...

Basketball Hall of Fame $5 Gold Coin

July 28, 2020 - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was founded in 1959 to honor and celebrate basketball’s greatest moments and people.  Learn more about the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Coin Program.

Basketball Hall of Fame Half Dollar Clad Coin

July 28, 2020 - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was founded in 1959 to honor and celebrate basketball’s greatest moments and people. Learn more about the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Coin Program.

Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Dollar Coin

July 28, 2020 - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was founded in 1959 to honor and celebrate basketball’s greatest moments and people. Learn more about the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Coin Program.