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Coin Collecting NewsSpike of Interest Draws United States Mint Director to Utah Quarter Celebration at Salt Lake City Event November 9th
“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.
The Utah quarter-dollar features two locomotives moving toward the golden spike that joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads and linked East to West in a ceremony in May, 1869. It is the final 2007 coin to be released by the United States Mint in the phenomenally popular 50 State Quarters® Program.
The coin also bears the inscriptions “E Pluribus Unum,” “Crossroads of the West,” “Utah,” and “1869,” the year Utah entered the Union.
What: Utah Quarter Launch, followed by Quarter Exchange
United States Mint Coin Collectors Forum
Who: United States Mint Director Ed Moy
Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
First Lady Mary Kaye Huntsman
Utah Coin Commission Chair Margaret Hunt
Master of Ceremonies Ken Verdoia, KUED-TV
When: Launch & Quarter Exchange: Friday, November 9, 10:00 a.m.
Coin Collectors Forum: Thursday, November 8, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Launch: Rio Grande Depot, 300 South Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City
Coin Collectors Forum: Discovery Gateway, 444 West 100 South, Salt Lake City
For a digital image of the Utah quarter, go to:
http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=photo#50state
NEWS MEDIA ONLY: VIDEO AVAILABLE — Satellite Feed of Quarter Launch coordinates: Friday, November 9, 3:30-4:00 PM ET – GA 26C/14 DL 3980H.
Contact: Press inquiries: Jana Prewitt (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.
