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A Trip to the U.S. Mint

A Trip to the U.S. Mint. By: Nicole Oldham Kathy Tevelson Andrew Dua Mattias van 't Hoenderdaal . Going to the Mint. Come on a virtual field trip to learn about the Philadelphia Mint. This is a replica of Peter the Mint Eagle….a living bald eagle that lives in the mint.

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A Trip to the U.S. Mint

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  1. A Trip to the U.S. Mint By: Nicole Oldham Kathy Tevelson Andrew Dua Mattias van 't Hoenderdaal

  2. Going to the Mint Come on a virtual field trip to learn about the Philadelphia Mint This is a replica of Peter the Mint Eagle….a living bald eagle that lives in the mint. The Philadelphia Mint has the nation’s first coin press. Our field trip was to the Philadelphia Mint.

  3. Taking a Tour 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. Kathy is excited to see how money is made.

  4. Early History 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. In 1909 Lincoln appears on the penny. In 1939 the U.S. cent was nicknamed “silly head” because people thought it looked funny. The U.S. Mint was created in 1792.

  5. How to Make Money The finished models are reviewed and a new project is created. It is put in a coin database before being released to be manufactured. • Plaster is poured over the clay model. The design is perfected and then another model is created. After a design is approved, a United States Mint sculptor-engraver can create a model. Specially designed cutters turning at high speed reproduce every detail of the money design. The first step in modeling a coin is a drawing.

  6. 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

  7. 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!

  8. What We Left With Kathy picked up a bunch of brochures to take home to her son. Andrew bought newly printed money.

  9. Nikki was happy when she found a quarter Mattias left with two empty pockets 

  10. Making Sense Out of Making Cents... Let Me Explain :-)

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