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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...

Women’s Suffrage Centennial Silver Medal

February 8, 2021 - The 2020 Women’s Suffrage Centennial Silver Medal was developed in conjunction with the 2020 Women’s Suffrage Centennial Silver Dollar in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification. The Mint produced and issued this medal pursuant to 31...

2020 American Buffalo One Ounce Gold Proof Coin on Sale April 9

April 2, 2020 - WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for the 2020 American Buffalo One Ounce Gold Proof Coin (product code 20EL) on April 9 at noon EDT. First issued in 2006, the American Buffalo One Ounce Gold...

Raoul Wallenberg Bronze Medal

September 17, 2019 - This medal is a bronze replica of the Congressional Gold Medal presented posthumously to Raoul Wallenberg in recognition of Wallenberg’s achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust. Raoul Wallenberg was born August 4, 1912. After graduating from the University of...

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...