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1997 Event - Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map

1991 Event - Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd and 42nd St, New York City)

1988 Event - Canada begins production of a $5 silver Maple Leaf bullion coin

1988 Event - Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)

1983 Event - U.S. Mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)

1983 Event - 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom

1983 Event - 1st National Coin Week begins

1979 Event - Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale

1979 Event - Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman

1978 Event - Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman, issued

1974 Event - Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin

1973 Event - Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar and dollar coin

1970 Event - Congress authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin

1966 Event - Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin

1961 Event - British government begins decimal coin system

1944 Event - German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht

1926 Birthday - Michael Rizzello, sculpter and coin designer

1922 Event - Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin

1922 Death - William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49

1922 Event - 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar

1921 Event - Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized

1920 Event - New Canadian small cent coin is released

1916 Event - Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin

1915 Event - Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific International Expo gold coin

1911 Event - Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch

1904 Event - Congress authorizes Lewis and Clark Expo $1 gold coin

1902 Event - Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin

1892 Event - Netherlands Society for Currency and Coin collecting forms

1890 Event - U.S. stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece

1879 Death - David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74

1878 Event - U.S. stops minting 20 cent coin

1875 Event - Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years

1864 Event - U.S. mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")

1851 Event - Congress authorizes smallest U.S. silver coin (3 cent piece)

1849 Event - Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin

1836 Event - Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale

1804 Birthday - David Van de Kellen, coin engraver













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