Contrary to what many people think, no U. S. coins are minted at Washington, D. C. although the lady Director of the U. S. Mint, Mrs. Nellie' Tayloe Ross has her office there and all U. S. paper money is printed in Washington. Coining is confined to mints at Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco.
Last week a new $1,000,000 white granite mint, built like the legendary San Francisco hillside cow (five stories in front, three behind) was dedicated in that city by Mrs. Ross. Covering a city block bounded by Buchanan, Hermann, Webster and Duboce Streets, the box-shaped mint squats...
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