Monthly Archives: April 2017

In the previous post, I spoke about my visit to the US Mint in Philadelphia earlier this week. At the end of the tour, I went to their gift shop. I had to buy a T-Shirt. So I saw a black T-Shirt with a Lincoln Cent on it and without […]

Five Ounces of Silver

April 9, 2017 in My Collection / New Coins / US Mints tagged Five Ounce Silver / Silver Coins by Kevin

April 2nd was the 225th Anniversary of the first US Coinage Act which included establishing a US Mint. On April 5th, I visited the US Mint in Philadelphia for the first time. Philadelphia is the 2nd closest US Mint to me. West Point is actually closer to home, but I’m […]

A Visit to the Mint

April 8, 2017 in US Mints tagged Philadelphia / US Mint by Kevin

A few posts ago, I mentioned about the US Mint secretly releasing a Lincoln Cent with, for the first time, a ‘P’ mint mark. At that time, I hadn’t found one, but a week ago, I found the cent above in change. The mint mark on this penny was done as part of […]

225 Years

April 2, 2017 in US Mints tagged Philadelphia / US Mint by Kevin