Small U.S. Mint Medals
Mary Brooks Reopening of the San Francisco Mint Bronze Medal

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From a Bureau of the Mint press release. The new Old San Francisco Mint souvenir medal, dated to mark the completion of the restoration of the national landmark building, is part of the celebration planned to coincide with the public opening at 10 a.m., Tuesday, November 9, 1976, at the old Mint. The design of the bronze medal, 1-1/2″ in diameter, features a portrait of Mint Director Mary Brooks on the obverse and a view of the Old Mint and the date November 9, 1976, on the reverse. Visitors could purchase bronze blanks for $1.00 and strike their own medal on the specially-automated 1869 press in the Old Mint Museum—or purchase the new medal over-the-counter at the Old Mint. A limit of 10,000 specimens of the new souvenir medal was set and they were available for sale only at the Old Mint in San Francisco. No mail orders were accepted for this souvenir medal and it does not contain a mint mark.