This is a private issue token and is not government-issue legal tender.įinish: SATIN on shield side, proof-like (polished window pane) on window side. Brooks said, I am proud of all Mint employees who have made 1969 a truly memorable year for the Denver Mint. presentation to Superintendent Betty Higby, Mrs. history that a financial institution simultaneously conducted commercial banking and a gold coin minting. The $20 symbolic face value is a tribute to that $20 gold coin. In recognition and appreciation of their special achievement in 1969 of surpassing all previous coin production records in the Mint’s 177-year history. This was one of the few times and places in U.S. The reverse shows a treasury shield with balance scales (symbolizing the Denver Mint's assay history), 38 stars (Colorado is the 38th state), and a cameo of a Liberty Head $20 gold coin (which was produced during the Mint's first year of operation in 1906). The obverse shows an architectural detail (window and tympanum) from the exterior of the original part of the building's facade, along with a symbolic 'D' mint mark. A small eagle was placed to the right of the bell to fulfill the legal requirement that half dollars depict the figure of an eagle. The fifty-cent piece pictures Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on the reverse. Miss Eva Adams, Director of the Mint, and Mrs. The Franklin half dollar is a coin that was struck by the United States Mint from 1948 to 1963. Since the US Mint did not issue any commemorative coins or medals for the Denver Mint's 100th Anniversary, Daniel Carr (a Denver native who was born not far from the Mint facility) designed and issued this medal to commemorate the centennial. The 1968 United States coins, which carry mint marks for the first time since the 1964 dated coins, were shown today at the Denver Mint. The US Treasury Denver Mint facility first began producing coins in 1906.

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