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Since Congress created the United States Mint on April 2, 1792 the primary mission of the United States Mint is to produce an adequate volume of circulating coinage for the nation. As a self-funded agency, the United States Mint turns revenues beyond its operating expenses over to the General Fund of the Treasury.Other responsibilities, include: Maintaining physical custody and protection of the Nation's $100 billion of U.S. gold and silver assets, Manufacturing and selling platinum, gold, and silver bullion coins,Overseeing of production facilities in Denver, Philadelphia, San Francisco and West Point, as well as the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint announced today that sales of the commemorative quarter-dollar honoring Utah opened on Monday, November 5, at noon (ET), and will be available for approximately 10 weeks. The Utah quarter-dollar is the 45th coin in the United States Mint’s 50 State Quarters® Program.
The Utah quarter is offered in bags of 100 and 1,000 coins, and in two-roll sets (40 coins per roll) that include one roll each from the United States Mints at Philadelphia and Denver. The bags and two-roll sets feature quarters used in everyday circulation. (more…)
“Crossroads of the West” Quarter Launched in Ceremony at Rio Grande Depot”
The public and media are invited to join United States Mint Director Ed Moy and Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., at a ceremony celebrating the Utah quarter at the Rio Grande Depot in Utah’s capital city at 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 9. Following the ceremony, the crowd may exchange paper currency for $10 rolls of newly minted Utah quarters. Children attending the event will receive a free Utah quarter.
The United States Mint will also host a Coin Collectors Forum featuring Director Ed Moy on Thursday, November 8, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Discovery Gateway. The public is invited to tell the United States Mint what they’d like to see on their coins. The event is free and news media are welcome. (more…)
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