Been to the US Mint...???

Gemineye · February 24, 2006 6:38AM

How many collectors and or dealers have visited a US MINT...................?????

Hyperion · February 24, 2006 6:41AM

Nope, I think people have been to the Philly Mint and been very disappointed at the access (Post 9/11).

BulletBiter · February 24, 2006 6:45AM

Denver mint, but that was years ago. Was a alot of fun though.

paigowjohnny · February 24, 2006 6:46AM

I've visited The Granite Lady...old SF mint....but not an operational facility.

mgoodm3 · February 24, 2006 6:52AM

I went to SF about 25 years ago, and P in 1991.

LanLord · February 24, 2006 6:57AM

I visited the SF mint too late!

notlogical · February 24, 2006 6:57AM

I went to the Denver Mint last summer. It was great! The guide didn't know much but that was OK it was still fun.

They were making cents when I was there.

CaptHenway · February 24, 2006 6:58AM

When I was an instructor at the ANA Summer Seminars back in the early 1980s, we used to get to take the students down on the coining floor with all of the equipment running around us. Was way cool. We got to handle dies and run our hands through hoppers of blanks, planchets and struck coins.
They stopped letting us in there when one of the employees brought his wife and kids on the floor to see where Daddy worked and the supervisor said that was too dangerous. He said you let those people out on the floor, so the Mint stopped letting us on the floor.
Tom D.

Freak1c · February 24, 2006 7:00AM

I've visited The Granite Lady...old SF mint....but not an operational facility

My family and I are going in a couple months. Was it worth the trip anyway ??

Freak

relayer · February 24, 2006 7:48AM

Just Philly and Carson City.
I've driven by the SF mint, but didn't go on the tour.

kryptonitecomics · February 24, 2006 7:50AM

Been to the philly Mint probably 6 or 7 years ago....the tour was less than impressive but I am still glad I went. Man did I have to pay a lot for Parking........wow

McBee · February 24, 2006 8:31AM

Taking two grandchildren to the Denver mint this summer. The youngest, just turned six, has started her own coin collection and knows which ones of mine she wants. She's very excited about going.

mhammerman · February 24, 2006 8:43AM

Denver, New Orleans, and the US Mint in D.C.

Still want to do Philadelphia, San Francisco, West Point, and then I will work on the branch mints. The mint visits add so much to the collecting experience...really gave me an appreciation for "O" MM's.

grip · February 24, 2006 8:54AM

<< <i>I've visited The Granite Lady...old SF mint....but not an operational facility

My family and I are going in a couple months. Was it worth the trip anyway ??

Freak >>

Not the Denver one.Set up for children,not adults.

Al

Tootawl · February 24, 2006 9:03AM

I've been to the Philly mint and the old S.F. Mint. The S.F. Mint was nothing but an empty building with a few old vaults. Very disappointing. I plan on seeing the Denver mint in August.

Deadhorse · February 24, 2006 9:31AM

Denver, many years ago. Pre 9/11.

Had a great time, the guide was an older fellow who really knew his stuff. Bought several items in the gift shop. They were minting pennies the day I was there as well.

No free samples though.

pontiacinf · February 24, 2006 9:32AM

have not been, Ive done BEP though

Crackout · February 24, 2006 9:38AM

I made my first trip to the Denver Mint in the '60's. I have not toured it since 9/11, but I make a trip to the Mint store once a year for proof sets and such.

TAClough · February 24, 2006 9:41AM

Been to Denver, Philly Mints plus BEP in Washington D.C. Both Denver and Philly were pre 9/11, so they were both fun, not sure what the tours are like now?

Tim

Conder101 · February 24, 2006 5:15PM

Philadelphia back in 1976. That was back when they still had their own melting furnace, poured their own ingots for the cents and nickels and had their own strip rolling mills. Also had the advantage that the Eliasberg collection was there on loan. Got to see it up close and personal.

joeyuk · February 24, 2006 7:38PM

Toured Phily about 9 years ago that was fun. Took a random drive thru NY and
found myself at West Point with the family whare I was politely informed we do
not do tours.

Very nice sights in that area.

TorinoCobra71 · February 24, 2006 7:45PM

I have not. But do really want to some day!

TorinoCobra71

Artist · February 24, 2006 7:47PM

Yes.

Philly

Coindexter · February 24, 2006 7:57PM

I've been thinking about going to the Philly Mint this summer. It's about a four hour drive for me, so I hope it's worth it.

09sVDB · February 24, 2006 10:00PM

Not recently. Went to the Denver mint and the ANA in 1992. Wasn't really impressed with the ANA. Went to the Philly mint around 1984.

RickMilauskas · February 24, 2006 10:59PM

Went to the Philly mint May of last year. Very disappointing.

They let you walk through a series of wide hallways with observation windows on each side and historical facts and figures presented on posters and plaques.

Most of the equipment I could see was idle. There were smoe area marked cents, nickels, etc.

They were making cents but we could only see from above as a conveyor bucket system transported the cents through the facility.

Smoe of the observation windows were blacked out so you could not see through them.

There was one room where various coins were displayed which was mildly interesting. Then there was the overpriced gift shop. Typical tourist trap stuff for the most part. Circulated type sets at Shop at Home TV prices and shredded money bags and U.S. Mint key fobs. Also the usual mint fare which you can buy online.

I was hoping to buy mint or souvenir sets but they were not being produced yet.

Maybe I was expecting too much.

Gemini · February 25, 2006 1:36AM

Just the BPE which was very nice and then saw the many polished/scrubbed coins on display at the Smithsonian not so nice.

shirohniichan · February 25, 2006 9:02AM

<< <i>I've visited The Granite Lady...old SF mint....but not an operational facility

My family and I are going in a couple months. Was it worth the trip anyway ??

Freak >>

The Old Mint in San Francisco has been closed for years and is still a couple of years away from reopening as a Gold Rush museum.

I went to the old SF Mint and Denver Mint about 25 years ago. At the time I thought it would be cool to get one of those penny stretching machines.

renman95 · February 25, 2006 9:05AM

I've been to San Francisco, the one on 5th Street, Carson City, Denver, Philly, New Orleans, RCM in Ottawa. My favorite was CC...nice museum and coin display with one of all(?) CC's made. N.O. has a Jazz museum upstairs...actually very entertaining.

AJ2525 · February 25, 2006 1:20PM

Hello,

I've been to the Denver mint two or three times. Last time I enjoyed it even though the kids were bored. Walked through what was the New Orleans mint on my honeymoon. Not much there in 1994.

Mercury · February 25, 2006 1:29PM

I live in New Orleans and hav ebeen to the mint here several times. I have also seen the Philiy mint many years ago. I have fond memories of it, but it has been 30 years ago.

Mercury

cladking · February 25, 2006 1:30PM

I saw the BEP in '78, Denver mint in '80, and Philly mint in '85.

Denver's gift shop allowed me to poke through the souvenir sets.

airplanenut · February 25, 2006 1:47PM

Been to Philly twice and Denver once--Denver was better since it was a floor tour during production.

Jeremy

zkcoins · February 25, 2006 2:10PM

I was fortunate enough to make it to Denver before 9/11...

anoldgoat · February 25, 2006 3:09PM

I went to the Denver mint with my Wife Daughter and three grandchildren this past Thursday. There was not much going on on the floor, a few cent presses running, but the running dialog was interesting. Seems my seven year old grandson took it all in. We stopped by the gift shop after the tour. The older grandchildren picked up a few items, my granddaughter wanted a pesidential medal in a green case but had to settle for one in a blue case. Which president didn't seem to matter

I fed the change machine which gave back Nevada quarters for the first dollar and 2001-D Sacs for anything over. My wife fed $1 bills so as to get a bunch of quarters. I fed $20 bill to get lots of Sacs

Gemineye · February 25, 2006 11:57PM

Interesting responses..................................

I had gone quite a while back in the earlty 80's to Philly.....

If the Mint put out a tour like the Harley Davidson tour which could be possible it would be quite Amazing.......................................

19Lyds · February 26, 2006 12:18AM

I visited the SF Mint in the early 80's and have been to the Denver Mint on multiple occasions. Took the tour twice and it looked about the same both times.

SlangNRox · February 26, 2006 12:23AM

I've been to the old SF Mint when they still had an exhibit of old CA gold coins and $5 million in gold bars. I've been to P and to the BEP in DC. Never been to a federal reserve bank yet

Been to the US Mint...???

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