San Francisco Mint
United States Mint (San Francisco) | |
San Francisco, California | |
Coordinates | 37°46′12″N 122°25′38″W / 37.7701°N 122.4273°W |
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Built | 1937 |
Architect | Gilbert Stanley Underwood |
Architectural style | Stripped Classicism |
NRHP reference No. | 88000026 |
Added to NRHP | February 18, 1988 |
The San Francisco Mint is a
History
Original United States Mint and Subtreasury (1854)
The San Francisco Mint began operations in 1854 at 608 Commercial Street, just west of Montgomery Street. The building sat between Commercial and Clay Streets and a California Historical Landmark (number 87) plaque can be found today on Commercial. Since June 14, 1970, the building has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark.
Within the first year of its operation, the
Construction of the new location approximately 1 mile away began in 1869 at Fifth Street and Mission Street. The mint operations moved to that building in 1874.
Old San Francisco Mint (1874)
See more: Old San Francisco Mint
The second US Mint building here, completed in 1874 for the Department of the Treasury, was designed by
The building had a central
Now known as the Old San Francisco Mint, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and sold to the city of San Francisco in 2003. There are plans for adaptive reuse, including as a museum, and continued special events space.
Current building
The new Mint was opened in 1937. Beginning in 1955, circulating coinage from
Since 1975, the San Francisco Mint has been used almost exclusively for proof coinage, with the exception of the
From 1962 to 1988, the San Francisco Mint was officially an assay office; the San Francisco Assay Office was granted mint status again on March 31, 1988 (
Commemoratives
San Francisco Old Mint Gold
United States | |
Value | 5 U.S. Dollar |
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Mass | 8.359 g |
Diameter | 21.6 mm |
Thickness | ? mm |
Edge | Reeded |
Composition | 90%Gold/10%Alloy |
Years of minting | 2006 |
Catalog number | ? |
Obverse | |
Design | The "Granite Lady" San Francisco Old Mint. Inscriptions: '1906–2006', 'Liberty', E Pluribus Unum' & 'San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Centennial' |
Designer | Charles L. Vickers |
Design date | 2006 |
Reverse | |
Design | A replica of the 1906 Half-Eagle Coronet Liberty eagle reverse. Inscriptions: 'United States of America', 'In God We Trust', & 'Five D.' |
Designer | Christian Gobrecht |
Design date | 2006 |
In 2006, the
The coin was minted as both a
The reverse was designed by Christian Gobrecht and sculpted by Joseph Menna.
Features
- Coin Finishes: proof, and uncirculated
- Mintages: 16,938 uncirculated; and 47,275 proof[3]
- United States Mint Facility: San Francisco (S)
- Public Law: 109-230
San Francisco Old Mint Silver
United States | |
Value | 1 U.S. Dollar |
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Mass | 26.73 g |
Diameter | 38.1 mm |
Thickness | 2.4 mm |
Edge | Reeded |
Composition | 90%Ag/10%Cu |
Years of minting | 2006 |
Catalog number | ? |
Obverse | |
Design | Old Mint "The Granite Lady", Instrumental in San Francisco's Recovery, 1906–2006, E Pluribus Unum, Liberty |
Designer | Sherl J. Winter |
Design date | 2005/6? |
Reverse | |
Design | Replica of the Morgan Silver Dollar Rev; United States of America, One Dollar, In God We Trust |
Designer | George T. Morgan |
Design date | 1904 |
In 2006, the United States Mint released a silver dollar commemorative coin which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the survival of the Old San Francisco Mint in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The Mint also played a part in the city's recovery after the earthquake.
The coin was sold both as a
Features
This coin has a design of the Old San Francisco Mint on the
- Coin finishes: proof, and uncirculated
- Mintage: 67,100 (uncirculated); 160,870 proof[3]
- United States Mint Facility: San Francisco (s)
- Public Law: 109-230
See also
- San Francisco Bay Area portal
- Numismatics portal
- List of Mints
- Historical United States mints
- List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks
References
- ^ Smithsonian Magazine. p. 56.
- ^ "Timeline of the United States Mint". United States Mint. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
- ^ a b Yeoman 2014, p. 335.
Bibliography
- OL 28306197M.
External links
- Official San Francisco Mint website
- "US Mint Buildings Across the Nation: San Francisco Mint", US Treasury Departmentwebsite, 2007.
- "New San Francisco Mint" article (1936)
- "The Second US Mint at San Francisco: Part One" Article
- General Services Administration page on the Old Mint, San Francisco Archived 2016-11-18 at the Wayback Machine