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2 weeks ago | coinworld.com | Paul Gilkes

Legislation has been introduced to recognize posthumously with a congressional gold medal sailor Doris “Dorie” Miller for his heroic actions aboard the USS West Virginia, sunk during the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise aerial attack by Japanese zero aircraft that launched the United States into World War II. Of the battleship’s crew, 132 members were killed during the attack, and 52 were wounded. Miller was one of the survivors.

2 weeks ago | coinworld.com | Paul Gilkes

Since the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was created, 300 positions have been trimmed from the United States Mint payroll, with efforts to trim 300 more. The Numismatic Product Division is being targeted for complete elimination, with revenue to be redirected from the Mint’s Public Enterprise Fund for other purposes. The 1996 Mint reform legislation created the Public Enterprise Fund for placing revenue from all product sales that support the bureau’s operations.

2 weeks ago | coinworld.com | Paul Gilkes

The United States Mint is strategically planning to execute efforts at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints to cut back the output of Lincoln cents for general release through the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve remains the U.S. Mint’s lone customer for copper-plated zinc cents, whose production costs more than their face value.

2 weeks ago | coinworld.com | Paul Gilkes

The door knocker that originally graced the front door of the Dahlonega Mint in Georgia was presented March 13 by a descendant of the facility’s first superintendent to the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, in Athens, Georgia. The presentation was arranged by Robert L. Harwell II from Hancock and Harwell Rare Coins and Precious Metals in Atlanta.

2 weeks ago | coinworld.com | Paul Gilkes

Despite the U.S. Mint’s removal from its website of bronze duplicate versions of the congressional gold medal recognizing law enforcement that protected the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault, orders for the two sizes of bronze medals may still be placed from the nation’s coin producer. Shortly after the official 2.75-inch congressional gold medals were presented in the Capitol Rotunda Dec.