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Coin Collecting NewsJames Monroe Presidential $1 Coins Head into Circulation Nationwide Thursday, February 14
Ash Lawn-Highland, the estate of President James Monroe in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be the first place in the Nation to obtain James Monroe Presidential $1 Coins, a day before the coins are officially placed into circulation nationwide.
In a brief ceremony before the coin exchange, the new James Monroe Presidential $1 Coins will be presented to the American people, with a ceremonial “pour” of hundreds of shiny, new coins. The Acting Deputy Director of the United States Mint, Dan Shaver, will join Ash Lawn-Highland’s Executive Director, Carolyn Coggin Holmes, James Monroe Memorial Foundation President G. William Thomas Jr. and James Monroe re-enactor Dennis Bigelow for the event.
The news media and public are invited to the ceremony and coin exchange at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 13, 2008. There will be no entrance fee at Ash Lawn-Highland until noon.
To download an image of the James Monroe Presidential $1 Coin, go to:
http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=photo#Pres
TV Stations/Networks only: A satellite feed of video showing the manufacture of James Monroe Presidential $1 Coins will be available at: TBA
WHAT: Ceremony and Coin Exchange for the James Monroe Presidential $1 Coin
WHO: United States Mint Acting Deputy Director Dan Shaver
Ash Lawn-Highland Executive Director Carolyn Coggin Holmes
Representative of The College of William and Mary
James Monroe Memorial Foundation President G. William Thomas Jr.
James Monroe Re-enactor Dennis Bigelow
WHEN: Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Ash Lawn-Highland, Home of President James Monroe, 1000 James Monroe Parkway, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Contact: Press inquiries: Becky Bailey (202) 354-7222
Customer Service information: (800) USA MINT (872-6468)
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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.
