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Old No. o back on jod An 89-year-old coin press preserved in the Nevada State Museum in Carson City was shipped back to work at the Denver mint in 1964. Within a month, Old No. 5 was stamping out coins. The museumhoused in a former mint building— is patiently awaiting the return of its prize exhibit. In the calendar year 1966, the main mint in Philadelphia and the two branches in Denver and San Francisco turned out a record 9.5 billion coins. The coin shortage was over.
The Mint had coped with the crisis without resorting to measures employed early in its history. Then the makeshift copper supply came from nails, kettles, and bands from powder kegs. In 1792, Congressauthorized the first United States Mint to be built in Philadelphia. The act establishing the mint speci fied the death penalty for officers or employees who debased, reduced the weight of, or stole coins. The mint filled an urgent need, for as George Washington wrote, “Without a coinage...a man must travel witha pair of scales in his pocket or run the risk of receiving gold at one-fourth less than it counts." Tradition says that Washington himself contributed his personal tableware :or the “half-dimes" that were the United States Mint’s first coins. Confederates Seized Mint In 1838, branch mints were started in Charlotte, North Carolina; Dahlonega, Georgia; and New Orleans. The Civil War closed the first two. The Confederates ran the New Orleans mint until the city fell to Northern forces in 1862. The New Orleans „ mint re
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