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Norfolk, Virginia Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Legislation

March 30, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 164—75TH CONGRESS CHAPTER 384—1ST SESSION S. 4 June 28, 1937 An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the original Norfolk (Virginia) land grant and the two-hundredth anniversary of the...

Daniel Boone Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Redesign Legislation

March 27, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 342—74TH CONGRESS H.R. 7678 August 26, 1935 An Act To authorize the Director of the Mint to supplement the approved design of the 50-cent piece commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Daniel Boone, the coinage of...

Daniel Boone Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Legislation

March 27, 2017 - PUBLIC—NO. 258—73D CONGRESS S. 3355 May 26, 1934 An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Daniel Boone. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of...

New Packaging for Bicentennial Silver Coins

February 15, 2017 - Press Release October 28, 1976 The silver Bicentennial uncirculated coin sets are now available in new crimson and white gift packaging in time to celebrate the holidays and the close of the nation’s 200th birthday year, Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director...

Public Demand for Bicentennial Coins Sets Records

February 15, 2017 - Press Release September 11, 1976 Americans are acquiring the nation’s new Bicentennial coins at record rates—and apparently saving them for historical heirlooms rather than spending them. The U.S. Mint reported today that orders for circulating versions of the new quarter,...

Final Strikes of Silver Bicentennial Coins

February 15, 2017 - Press Release June 29, 1976 On June 22, Mint Director Mary Brooks activated the presses at the San Francisco Assay Office to strike the last of the 45 million 40% silver Bicentennial coins ordered by Congress to celebrate the 200th...

Public Sale of Bicentennial Silver Coin Sets Expanded

February 14, 2017 - Press Release January 26, 1976 The Bicentennial silver proof and uncirculated three-piece coin sets are available for sale over-the-counter at Mint outlets in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Pa., Denver, Colorado, and San Francisco, Calif., as well as by mail order, Acting...

Mint Announces Release of the Bicentennial Dollar

February 14, 2017 - Press Release October 1, 1975 The Bicentennial dollar, picturing the Liberty Bell and moon on the reverse and the double date 1776-1976 beneath the portrait of President Eisenhower on the obverse, goes into circulation beginning October 13, 1975, Mrs. Mary...