A Trip to the U.S. Mint By: Nicole Oldham Kathy Tevelson Andrew Dua Mattias van 't Hoenderdaal
Feb 22, 2016
A Trip to the U.S. Mint
By: Nicole Oldham Kathy Tevelson
Andrew DuaMattias van 't Hoenderdaal
Going to the MintOur field trip was to the
Philadelphia Mint.The Philadelphia Mint has
the nation’s first coin press.
This is a replica of Peter the Mint Eagle….a living
bald eagle that lives in the mint.
Come on a virtual field trip to learn about the Philadelphia Mint
Taking a Tour
Kathy is excited to see how money is made.
Mattias and Andrew want to give thumbs up and learn
about coins.
Nikki wants to pose like Mary Tyler Moore as she enters the
Mint.
The U.S. Mint was created in 1792.
Early HistoryIn 1939 the U.S. cent was nicknamed “silly head”
because people thought it looked funny.
In 1909 Lincoln appears on the penny.
All mint employees worked 6 days a week for 11 hours a day when it first
opened.
Philadelphia used to be the capitol of the U.S. which is why the U.S. mint is located here.
The first step in modeling a coin is a drawing.
How to Make Money
After a design is approved, a United States Mint sculptor-engraver can create a model.
Plaster is poured over the clay model. The design is
perfected and then another model is created.
The finished models are reviewed and a new project is
created. It is put in a coin database before being
released to be manufactured.
Specially designed cutters turning at high speed
reproduce every detail of the money design.
Did You Know?
Nickels didn’t have any nickel in them from 1944-1945
Ferris wheel and cartwheel are U.S. mint nicknames for
silver dollars
Before the Mint Police, a watchdog
was bought for $3.oo and used as
security
“In God We Trust wasn’t printed on
money until the Civil War
The World’s Largest Mint is the
Philadelphia Mint
After our tour, we thanked everyone and left….
As we put away our cameras we noticed the following
sign:
NO PHOTOGRAPHS PERMITTED: Visitors taking photographs may
be subject to criminal prosecution…OOPS!
What We Left With
Kathy picked up a bunch of brochures
to take home to her son.
Andrew bought newly
printed money.
Nikki was happy
when she found a quarter
Mattias left with
two empty
pockets
Making Sense Out of Making Cents...
Let Me Explain :-)