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Richard M. Nixon: The 37th President of The United States (1969-1974)
• Born: January 9, 1913
• Birthplace: Yorba Linda, California
• Died: April 18, 1994
• Best Known As: 37th President of the
United States;
Secretary of the Treasury under President Nixon:
• David M. Kennedy (Randolph, Utah)
January 22, 1969 – February 11, 1971)
• John B. Connally, Jr. Houston, Texas) –
February 11, 1971 – June 12, 1972
• George P. Schultz (Stanford, California) –
June 12, 1972 – May 8, 1974
United States Mint Directors Appointed by President Nixon:
• Mary Brooks – (Twin Falls, Idaho)
September 1969 – February 1977
Coinage legislation enacted during Nixon’s presidency:
• December 31.1970 - signs the One Bank
Holding Company Amendments Act of
1970 legislation into law, creating the
circulating copper-nickel Eisenhower
dollar coin, up to 150 million silver-clad
dollar coins, removing silver from
circulating Kennedy half dollars, and
authorizing sale of Carson City silver
dollars.
• August 15, 1971 - administration refuses
to settle foreign debts in gold at $35 per
ounce, dropping the gold standard, and
allowing the dollar to float in foreign
exchanges.
• October 18, 1973 - signs the Bicentennial
Coinage Act into law as Public Law 93-
127, providing for commemorative
quarter dollar, half dollar, and dollar
coins. The coins can be issued between
July 4, 775 and January 1, 1977, bearing
the dual date "1776-1976".
• November 29, 1973 - signs the Hobby
Protection Act, regulating the production
of numismatic replicas to be marked with
the word "COPY". The Act is set to take
effect March 10, 1974.