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10 unusual facts about United States Mint


American Eagle bullion coins

American Eagle bullion coins are produced by the United States Mint.

Clement Finley

In 1832 he married Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Dr. Samuel Moore, at that time director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia and formerly member of Congress from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990

It also called for establishment of the following special pay plans: Senior Level (SL) employees (non-supervisory and non-managerial employees classified above grade 15 of the General Schedule), administrative law judges (AL), members of the Boards of Contract Appeals (CA), certain law enforcement officers, employees in the Senior Biomedical Service, and police of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint.

George S. Boutwell

As Treasury Secretary, Boutwell's primary achievements were reorganizing and reforming the Treasury Department, improving bookkeeping by customs houses, incorporating the United States Mint into the Treasury and reducing the national debt.

Oramel H. Simpson

He was an attorney in New Orleans from 1893–1899, when he briefly took the position of warrant clerk at the United States Mint there.

Paul Hollis

Hollis is one of the few numismatists to visit and undertake an in-depth of study of each of the United States Mints.

Peary Polar Expedition Medal

The law was entitled, "An act to provide for the presentation of silver medals to certain members of the Peary Polar Expedition of 1908-1909." The law authorized the Secretary of the Navy to have made at the United States Mint, silver medals with which to reward six individuals for their service to the expedition.

Sherman Otis Houghton

He was appointed commissioner to investigate the affairs of the United States Mint at San Francisco in 1881, and moved to Los Angeles in 1886 and continued the practice of law.

Steve Bieda

Bieda also designed the reverse of the United States Olympic Half Dollar issued in 1992, earning him the distinction of being the only living Michigander to design a coin for the United States Mint.

Who's Minding the Mint?

The film uses the term "mint" colloquially, as paper currency is actually produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing whereas only coins are produced by the U.S. Mint.


Boy Scouts of America centennial

The United States Mint will issue 350,000 Boy Scouts of America Silver Dollar Centennial Commemorative Coins.

Chief Engraver of the United States Mint

The Chief Engraver is the person who is in charge of coin design and engraving of dies at all four United States Mints: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco and West Point.

Felix Schlag

On April 21, 1938, Schlag's design for the Jefferson nickel was selected by Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the United States Mint.

Henry William de Saussure

He was appointed by President George Washington as the 2nd Director of the United States Mint, was a co-sponsor of the legislation that established the South Carolina College which was to become the University of South Carolina and was given the title of Chancellor as a justice of the SC Equity Court, also known as chancery court.

Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park

Sandstone quarrying began on Newcastle Island in 1869 when Joseph Emery from the United States Mint in San Francisco went looking for good quality sandstone for their new building.

Powell Street Station

Union Square is three blocks north of the station, the Westfield San Francisco Centre is on Market at Powell and the old United States Mint building is located one block away at Fifth Street and Mission Street.

Randy'L He-dow Teton

In 1998, the United States Mint invited sculptor Glenna Goodacre to submit a design for the new dollar coin featuring Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society Medal

At the Society's request, Marshall contacted James Ross Snowden, director of the United States Mint, who forwarded the request to the Department of the Treasury.

Tim Prusmack

Prusmack had a policy of sending a copy of each of his works to the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing as well as the U.S. Mint office; he earned many friends there including Mary Ellen Withrow, the U.S. Treasurer.