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1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends

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

1976 Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba

1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles

1975 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba

1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike

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

1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar

1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp

1968 U.S. Mint stops buying and selling gold

1967 Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible

1952 Canadain Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted

1942 U.S. Mint in New Orleans ceases operation

1933 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of U.S. Mint takes office

1931 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint

1931 Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England

1914 Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins

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

1908 Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa

1907 Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published

1901 Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent

1895 Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at Denver, Colorodo

1889 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens

1886 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada closes

1885 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close

1876 New Orleans Mint reopens as an assay office

1870 U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins

1869 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada opens

1866 Gold coins from the Sydney Mint become legal tender in Canada

1863 Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada

1862 Gen B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint

1862 Congress establishes U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado

1861 Mint at New Orleans closes

1861 U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy

1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans

1861 State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans

1852 Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, California)

1844 Fire destroys U.S. mint at Charlotte, North Carolina

1838 U.S. Mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)

1837 U.S. Mint opens in Charlotte, North Carolina

1835 New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint

1835 Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at New Orleans Louisiana

1829 Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. mint (Chestnut and Juniper St, Philadelphia)

1792 Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. government building: U.S. Mint in Phila

1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint

1791 Congress establishes U.S. Mint

1782 U.S. congress resolves establishment of a U.S. mint

1652 In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America



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