February 10, 2017 -
Press Release April 8, 1976 Mr. Frank H. MacDonald, Acting Director of the Mint, today announced that the Mint is now accepting orders for the fifth, and final, two-medal unit of the America’s First Medals pewter series. Orders are also...
February 10, 2017 -
Press Release August 6, 1974 For the first time in the history of our country coins honoring our Nation’s Bicentennial will be struck at the Philadelphia Mint on Monday, August 12, 1974, at 11:00 a.m. The first trial strikes of...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release April 24, 1974 The three winners of the National Bicentennial Coin Design Competition and members of their families met with Mrs. Anne L. Armstrong, Counsellor to the President, and Mr. John W. Warner, Administrator of the American Revolution...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release April 24, 1974 Counsellor Anne Armstrong, on behalf of the President, today welcomed the Bicentennial Coin Design Competition winners to the White House. In greeting the three artists and their families, Mrs. Armstrong said: “The spirit of the...
February 9, 2017 -
Press Release February 19, 1974 Mrs. Mary Brooks, Director of the Mint, presented Mrs. Richard Nixon today the first strikes of the ten piece America’s First Medals series being produced as part of the U.S. Mint’s coins and medals observance...
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 -
National Bicentennial Competition for New Reverse U.S. Coin Designs ROBERT WEINMAN, Chairman; sculptor, President of the National Sculpture Society. Studied at the National Academy of Design; drew from life with Arthur Lee at the Art Students League, drew and modeled...
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...
