February 10, 2017 -
Press Release June 11, 1974 Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, wife of the Vice President, and Mrs. Arthur Burns, wife of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, are going to help relieve the penny pinch, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release May 21, 1974 I’m calling on every American to get the penny back in circulation and keep it there, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, said today. I’m calling on the banking industry to welcome the return...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release April 15, 1974 Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz announced today that he has approved regulations prohibiting the exportation, melting or treating of pennies, in concurrence with the Federal Reserve Banks. The Coinage Act of 1965 authorizes the Secretary...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release January 3, 1974 Judging of the 884 entries submitted in the national Bicentennial Coinage Design Competition will commence Wednesday, January 9, 1974, at the United States Mint, Fifth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release October 23, 1973 FOR RELEASE 11:00 A.M. TUESDAY, October 23, 1973 The Department of the Treasury will award $5,000 to each of the three winners of a national competition for reverse designs emblematic of the Bicentennial of the...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release October 17, 1973 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, has invited the National Sculpture Society to announce the monetary awards and other details of the national competition to select designs emblematic of the Bicentennial of the American...
February 8, 2017 -
Press Release March 5, 1973 FOR RELEASE 10:30 A.M., EST MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1973 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, made the following statement today: Desiring to involve all Americans in recognizing the importance of our nation’s Bicentennial in...
March 4, 2022 -
The Susan B. Anthony Dollar was the first time that a woman appeared on a U.S. circulating coin. The coin replaced the Eisenhower Dollar and was minted from 1979-1981 and again in 1999. It honored women’s suffrage leader, Susan B....
July 31, 2019 -
The “Lincoln Memorial” penny design was introduced in 1959. This design was last made in 2008 and replaced by the Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Program. The obverse design featuring President Abraham Lincoln was first produced in 1909 to commemorate the...
May 6, 2019 -
This coin was first produced in 1975 in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the independence of the United States. The coin was minted in the years 1975 and 1976 and carried the dual dates of 1776-1976. During the release...
