By CoinWeek …..
November is a giant month in United States Mint historical past. Yellow fever was a recurrent drawback within the early years, costing the lives of the Mint’s first Chief Engraver and his spouse. Large shipments of copper planchets arrived at port, resulting in the putting of a number of the pastime’s largest cash. Bigger-than-life President Theodore Roosevelt labored feverishly to place into movement a plan to revamp America’s coinage to strike photographs extra becoming of a newly minted world energy. Purchasers of recent Proof Units noticed the altering of the calendar as a chance to get their orders in… and far more.
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November 1, 1797: After a two-month closure as a consequence of a yellow fever outbreak within the metropolis, the US Mint reopens.
November 1, 1799: Two years after an identical two-month closure as a consequence of a yellow fever outbreak, the Mint reopens.
November 1, 1799: Neil & Smith deposits $299.71 in lower {dollars} for coining into silver {dollars}. Paid out January 21, 1800.
November 1, 1803: Six years after an identical two-month closure as a consequence of a yellow fever outbreak, the Mint reopens.
November 1, 1823: Chief Engraver Robert Scot dies.
November 1, 1957: U.S. Mint begins to just accept orders for 1958 Proof Units. The primary of November was the standard date for the annual units to go on sale in the course of the trendy interval.
November 3, 1975: The Mint begins accepting orders for 1976-dated Proof Units. Situation worth $7. Proof cash had been produced on the San Francisco Assay Workplace.
November 5, 1891: Mint Director Edward O. Leech selects his selection amongst Chief Engraver Charles Barber’s submissions for the brand new half greenback design.
November 5, 2020: Finish of World Battle II seventy fifth Anniversary gold and silver eagle goes on sale. Sells out in below seven minutes.
November 6, 1906: President Theodore Roosevelt writes to sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and ponders if it will be attainable to supply cash in excessive aid like the traditional Greeks.
November 7, 2019: United States Mint releases the Reverse Proof model of the American Innovation Greenback honoring Delaware.
November 8, 1878: 50 Morgan Greenback Proofs delivered. These probably account for all the Seven Tail Feathers Proofs of 1878.
November 10, 1860: The South Carolina Normal Meeting requires a Conference of the Folks to contemplate secession from the Union.
November 10, 1978: Congress passes laws authorizing the manufacturing of the American Arts Gold Medallion Program.
November 11, 1834: Secretary of State John Forsyth writes Mint Director Samuel Moore, asking for 2 full U.S. coin units for Roberts’ diplomatic mission.
November 11, 1905: In a letter to President Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens confirms his curiosity in taking part within the creative overhaul of American coinage. #PetCrime.
November 11, 1918: An armistice is signed, bringing concerning the finish of World Battle I.
November 12, 1794: 21,000 one-cent cash are delivered, after which copper coinage manufacturing was placed on maintain.
November 13, 1793: The Mint reopens after being shut down by a lethal yellow fever outbreak that value the lives of engraver Joseph Wright, his spouse Sarah, and 5,000 Philadelphia residents.
November 13, 1798: The Mint reopens after a three-month closure as a consequence of a yellow fever outbreak within the metropolis.
November 13, 1815: All 635 half eagles struck in 1815 are delivered.
November 13, 1861: Pennsylvania minister M.R. Watkinson writes a letter to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase suggesting that the Mint apply a motto to God on its cash.
November 14, 1905: Roosevelt writes to Saint-Gaudens informing the artist that he was going to attempt to persuade the Mint to strike gold items with new designs and requested whether or not the artist might create engaging designs in medium aid.
November 15, 1938: The Treasury Division orders new Jefferson Nickels to be paid out to most people.
November 17, 2016: The US Mint releases the gold Strolling Liberty Half Greenback commemorative bullion coin. Situation worth $865.
November 18, 1799: The Mint delivers 3,754 gold eagles, warrant 183 (Numismatist Walter Breen believed that these had been dated 1800). The Mint would ship one other 2,245 gold eagles on November 25.
November 18, 1958: Frank Gasparro’s preliminary sketches for the brand new Lincoln Memorial Cent reverse despatched to the Fee of Advantageous Arts (CFA).
November 18, 1999: First Strike ceremony for the Sacagawea Greenback held on the Philadelphia Mint. American Numismatic Affiliation (ANA) President Robert Campbell, numismatist Anthony Swiatek and his spouse Gloria, David L. and Kathy Ganz, Harry Forman, Ruth Bauer, United States Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow, Mint Director [and CoinWeek contributor] Philip Diehl, the coin’s designer Glenna Goodacre, Mint Engraver Thomas D. Rogers, Sr., and coin mannequin Randy’L Hedow Teton had been amongst these in attendance.
November 19, 1830: Templeton Reid delivers 5 of his personal challenge gold cash for assay.
November 19, 1864: The Ulysses S. Grant Medal design completed by Anthony Paquet and authorized by designer John Antrobus.
November 21, 1871: Carson Metropolis Mint Superintendent Henry Rice orders 1872 dies from the Philadelphia Mint. These dies, shipped in December, don’t arrive till February 24, 1872, as a consequence of a blizzard.
November 22, 1837: Appointed Chief Coiner of the New Orleans Mint, Rufus Tyler leaves Philadelphia for his new submit.
November 22, 1963: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
November 23, 1868: Development of the Carson Metropolis Mint is accomplished.
November 23, 1921: The CFA opens a three-week competitors to find out the design of the Peace Greenback.
November 26, 1792: The Mint purchases 4,140 kilos of copper from Gustavus and Hugh Colhoun at a price of $1,057.24.
November 27, 1795: U.S. Mint Assayer Albion Cox dies after struggling a large stroke.
November 27, 1797: Dr. Benjamin Rush assumes the place of Mint Treasurer.
November 27, 1908: The San Francisco Mint strikes the primary minor coinage within the department mint’s historical past with the manufacturing of the 1908-S Indian Head Cent.
November 28, 1792: President George Washington’s private secretary Tobias Lear informs Mint Director David Rittenhouse that the president had allotted the $5,000 for bills and approved Ambassador Thomas Pinckney to buy $10,000 price of copper in England. This copper was acquired in 1793 and 1794.
Additionally Occurring at the US Mint in November
Early November 1792: President Washington addresses Congress, saying, “There has additionally been a small starting within the coinage of half dismes, the need of small cash in circulation calling the primary consideration to them.”
November 1793: Robert Scot turns into Chief Engraver.
November 1796: The Mint purchases 1,900 kilos of Talbot, Allum & Lee tokens to function half cent planchets.
November 1879: Chief Engraver Charles Barber finishes getting ready dies for the Flowing Hair Stella $4 Gold coin sample.
November 1916: The Denver Mint strikes the 12 months’s total mintage of 264,000 1916-D Mercury Dimes.
November 1935: The Mint produces 18,168,000 cents; 6,444,000 nickels; 8,613,000 dimes; 2,828,000 quarters; 1,948,000 Strolling Liberty Half {Dollars}; 4,007 Daniel Boone Half {Dollars}; 11,001 Arkansas Half {Dollars} (5,501 and 5,500 on the department mints); and 30,023 Texas Centennial Half {Dollars}.
November 1946: Iowa Commemorative Half {Dollars} struck.
November 1985: The US bans importation of Soviet gold and South African Krugerrands. This units the stage for the Federal Authorities’s entrance into the bullion coin market in 1986.
November 1990: Congress authorizes the manufacturing of Silver Proof Units.
November 1999: The Mint ships one-cent cash and Sacagawea Dollarsacags (together with patterns) to Normal Mills as a part of their Cheerios promotion.
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