Chronology of United States of America Coins

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Last updated: 2023 October 23.

1900

March 14
  • The Gold Standard Act fixes gold value of dollar at 25.8 grains, 0.900 fine as standard unit of money of the US. [6] [188.38] [291.36] [348.28] [438.585]

1902

June 28
  • US Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin. [6] [113.40] [438.586]

1903

May 15
  • US Treasury Department purchases 250,000 ounces of silver for the San Francisco Mint. [28.88]

1904

April 13
  • US Congress authorizes Lewis and Clark Expo $1 gold coin. [6] [98.34] [195.77]
October 11
  • Lyman Low auctions the 1804 dollar of H.G. Brown (Dexter specimen) to W.F. Dunham for $1100. [125.34] [224.25] [307.36]
December 27
  • US President Theodore Roosevelt writes a short letter to Treasury Secretary Leslie Mortier Shaw, commenting that the nation's coinage is "artistically of atrocious hideousness", and asking if sculptors could be employed to provide more beautiful designs. [319.1] [337.52] [375.24]

1905

October 28
  • The Denver Mint begins coining pieces, first with a commemorative token to mark the mint's official opening. [487.17]

1906

February 15
  • The Denver Mint strikes its first coin, the quarter dollar. [487.17]
February 27
  • The Denver Mint first strikes dimes for circulation. [487.17]
March 2
  • The Denver Mint first strikes half dollars for circulation. [487.17]
March 12
  • The Denver Mint first strikes eagles for circulation. [57.24] [487.17]
April 4
  • The Denver Mint first strikes double eagles for circulation. [487.17]
April 24
  • An Act of Congress is signed, providing for the branch mints to produce minor coinage (previously only allowed at Philadelphia Mint. [28.92]
June 9
  • The Denver Mint first strikes half eagles for circulation. [487.17]
(month unknown)
  • Philadelphia form Numismatists, S.H. and R.H. Chapman conduct auction of Harlan P. Smith collection. An 1822 half eagle sells for $2165, a record price for any single US coin. [205.32]

1907

January 9
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1907-dated dimes. [487.17]

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January 31
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1907-dated half dollars. [487.18]
March 7
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1907-dated quarter dollars. [487.17]
March 8
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1907-dated eagles. [487.18]
March 16
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1907-dated half eagles. [487.18]
July 22
  • US Mint Director George Roberts sends a 1907 Indian Head eagle with plain edge pattern to Treasury Secretary George B. Cortelyou, and a second example to designer Augustus Saint-Gaudens. [43.20]
September 19
  • Frank A. Leach becomes US Mint director. [109.38] [136.72]
September 30
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1907-dated double eagles. [487.17]
November 18
  • The US Mint begins production of 1907 Saint-Gaudens, Roman Numerals, High Relief gold double eagles for circulation. [70.64] [416.48]
November 30
  • US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes purchases from Bureau of the Mint a 1907 Saint-Gaudens, With Periods, Rolled Edge gold eagle coin. [134.38]

1908

January 2
  • George Kunz purchases from the US Mint two 1907 Saint-Gaudens, With Periods, Rolled Edge gold eagles for the American Numismatic Society. [80.79]
January 6
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated dimes. [487.18]
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated half dollars. [487.18]
January 20
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated quarter dollars. [487.18]
March 14
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated double eagles (no motto). [487.18]
May 18
  • US Congress mandates that "In God We Trust" appear on all US coins. [28.88]
June 12
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated eagles (no motto). [487.18]
June 29
  • Sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt forwards completed models for gold half eagle to the US Mint. [114.36]
July 31
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated double eagles (with motto). [487.18]
August 12
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated eagles (with motto). [487.18]
October 2
  • William Woodin purchases 1907 Saint-Gaudens, Rolled Edge, With Periods $10 gold coin from US Mint. [118.40] [138.22]
October 9
  • The Mint delivers first $2.50 coins. [250.45]
November 2
  • Indian Head gold $2.50 and $5 coins are released to circulation. [68.98]
November 5
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1908-dated half eagles. [487.18]
November 27
  • The San Francisco Mint strikes the first branch-mint cents and delivers them to the superintendent. [237.14] [250.48]

1909

January 4
  • Sculptor Victor David Brenner writes to Mint Director Frank Leach suggesting President Abraham Lincoln be used as subject of cent. [202.42]
January 5
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1909-dated double eagles. [487.18]
January 12
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1909-dated eagles. [487.18]
January 13
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1909-dated quarter dollars. [487.18]
January 30
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1909-dated half eagles. [487.18]
February 17
  • Victor David Brenner proposes his Wheat Heads cent design to the Bureau of the Mint. [90.28]
February 27
  • US Mint Director Frank Leach authorizes the placement of letters "V.D.B." for the designer Victor David Brenner on the bottom border of the reverse of the Lincoln cent. [83.56]
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1909-dated dimes. [487.18]
April
  • Secretary of Treasury approves Lincoln cent design. [249.52]
May 10
  • The US Mint begins production of Lincoln cents for circulation. [30.32] [200.46]
May 12
  • The Philadelphia Mint strikes patterns of the Lincoln cent, without motto "In God We Trust". [28.88]
(month unknown)
  • William H. Woodin purchases two 1877 gold $50 half-union patterns for $10,000 each from Philadelphia dealers John Haseltine and Stephen Nagy, the most paid for a coin to date. [186.49] [310.81]
August 2
  • The US Mint releases the Lincoln cent to circulation, with designer initials "V.D.B." under design. [43.68] [79.62] [83.56] [208.100] [249.52] [327.28] [376.44]
August 5
  • US Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh directs Assistant Treasury Secretary Charles Norton to cease production of Lincoln cents following media questions over the initials "V.D.B." appearing on the reverse. [83.56]
August 7
  • Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. is appointed Mint director. [120.86]
  • New Lincoln cent dies are ordered to be created without the "V.D.B." initials. [83.56]
August 15
  • Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh announces decision to halt minting Lincoln cents, to have designer initials "V.D.B." removed. [249.52]

1910

January 19
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1910-dated half eagles. [487.18]
January 25
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1910-dated eagles. [487.18]
July 20
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1910-dated quarter dollars. [487.18]
September 19
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1910-dated double eagles. [487.18]
December 3
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1910-dated dimes. [487.18]
December 14
  • The US Senate confirms George E. Roberts as Mint director for a second term. [189.30]

1911

January 28
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1911-dated double eagles. [487.18]
January 30
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1911-dated dimes. [487.18]
(month unknown)
  • Son of Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh suggests to his father that a new nickel design be issued. [325.58]
April 18
  • The Denver Mint strikes its first quarter eagles. [487.18]
April 24
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1911-dated half eagles. [487.18]
April 26
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1911-dated eagles. [487.18]
May
  • The Treasury Department begins considering a redesign of the 5-cent coin. [114.52]
May 20
  • The Denver Mint begins striking Lincoln cents for circulation. [29.60] [201.36] [237.14] [361.36] [446.1131] [487.18]
May 24
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1911-dated quarter dollars. [487.18]
July 7
  • Frank Stewart offers to give the original Philadelphia Mint building to the city of Philadelphia. [329.54]
December 8
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1911-dated half dollars. [487.18]

1912

January 2
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1912-dated cents. [487.18]
January 12
  • Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh selects sculptor James Earle Fraser to redesign both obverse and reverse of the 5-cent coin. [60.20] [408.1425]
January 13
  • Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh informs Mint Director George Roberts that James Earle Fraser had been selected to design the 5-cent coin. [84.60]
February 5
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1912-dated Liberty Head nickels. [300.47] [487.18] (February 12 [325.58])
April 20
  • A bill is introduced in the House of Representatives to provide for a half-cent coin and a three-cent coin to be struck in nickel, and for the one-cent coin to be struck in 0.75 copper, 0.25 nickel. [218]
May 3
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1912-dated dimes. [487.18]
May 9
  • American Numismatic Association receives federal charter. [101.32]
November 13
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1912-dated half dollars. [487.18]
November 25
  • The Philadelphia Mint sends ten pairs of 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin dies to San Francisco Mint. [300.47]
December 13
  • The Philadelphia Mint strikes the last Liberty Head 5-cent coins for circulation. [76.36] [144.64] [156.62]
December 15
  • Philadelphia Mint Superintendent John Lands receives a letter from Mint Director George Roberts instructing that 1913 5-cent coinage would be exclusively Buffalo/Indian designs, no Liberty Head type permitted. [300.47]
December 16
  • Dies for 1913-dated Liberty Head nickels are ordered returned from San Francisco Mint to the Philadelphia Mint for destruction. [250.10]
December 23
  • The Philadelphia Mint engraving department receives back ten dies of 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coins from the San Francisco Mint. [300.48]
December 24
  • The San Francisco Mint begins coining its first 5-cent coins, 1912-dated Liberty Head and "V" coins. (238,000 pieces are struck by year's end.) [148.24] [300.47] [312.38] [325.58] [483.16] [486.17]
December 28
  • First San Francisco Mint nickel enters circulation, as San Francisco Mayor James J. Rolph Jr. pays the fare for the San Francisco Municipal Railway. [486.17]

1913

January 6
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1913-dated half dollars. [487.18]
January 7
  • The Philadelphia Mint strikes experimental strikes of Indian Head/Buffalo 5-cent coins. [82.32] [318.32] [408.1426] (January 13 [151.80] [339.78]) (February 13 [259.30])
January 10
  • Mint Director George Roberts reports that no Liberty Head 5-cent coins will be struck in 1913. [151.80]
January 21
  • The Philadelphia Mint makes patterns of Indian/Buffalo 5-cent coin. [325.62]
January 28
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1913-dated double eagles. [487.18]
February 17
  • The Philadelphia Mint begins mass production of the Indian Head/Buffalo 5-cent coin for circulation. [60.20] [84.60] [183.58] [324.72] [327.48] [344.50] [408.1427] (February 21 [218.1])
February 24
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1913-dated nickels. [487.18]
March 4
  • The US Mint releases the Indian Head/Buffalo 5-cent coin to circulation. [84.60] [408.1427]
May 9
  • The Philadelphia Mint begins mass production of the modified Indian Head 5-cent (Bison on Plain) coin for circulation. [60.20]
  • The Denver Mint begins striking 1913-dated cents. [487.18]

1915

January 5
  • The House of Representatives passes a bill for gold and silver coins for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, to be $50, $2.50, $1 gold, and 50-cent silver. [238.52]
January 16
  • Legislation is enacted authorizing coins for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition: a silver half dollar, a gold dollar, a gold $2.50, and two gold $50 coins, one round the other octagonal. [6] [71.18] [460.97] (July 9 [115.36])
February 19
  • Senate confirms R.W. Wooley as Mint Director. [183.58]
February 20
  • William Ashbrook introduces H.R. 2 in the House of Representatives seeking authorization for the Mint to create silver coins to honor President William McKinley. [308.62]
March 22
  • Treasury Secretary William McAdoo approves designs for 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition half dollars. [349.48]
June 15
  • The San Francisco Mint makes a ceremonial striking of 100 octagonal Panama-Pacific International Exposition gold $50 coins. [6] [55.38] [71.20] [250.40]
December 27
  • The US Mint invites sculptors Hermon MacNeil, Adolph Weinman, and Albin Polasek to submit new designs for the dime, quarter dollar, and half dollar. [190.24] [316.32] [337.52] [420.40] (December 28 [346.82])
December 28
  • Treasury announces coin design competition for silver fractional coins. [78.44]

1916

February 7
  • The House of Representatives passes a bill to authorize production of McKinley gold dollars. [308.64]
February 23
  • US Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin. [6] [308.64]
February 28
  • Treasury Department approves Hermon Atkins MacNeil's Standing Liberty quarter dollar designs. [185.56] [346.74]
March 3
  • Mint Director Robert Woolley announces the dime and half-dollar designs would be replaced by designs of Adolph A. Weinman, and the quarter-dollar design would be replaced by that of A. MacNeil. [289.70]
May 23
  • US Mint Director Robert W. Woolley notifies Hermon Atkins MacNeil that his designs have been accepted for the quarter dollar. [365.28] [346.82]
(month unknown)
  • End of Barber quarter dollar coin production. Since 1892, about 265 million were produced for circulation. [470.48]
August 17
  • US Senate confirms Johannes Hugo von Engelken as Mint director. [122.32]
September 20
  • Friedrik Johannes Hugo von Engelken becomes US Mint director. [110.40]
October
  • Dimes with winged-head Liberty are released to circulation. [315.44]
October 17
  • Philadelphia Mint Superintendent Adam Joyce recommends the Mint cease issuance of Proof coins due to burden on Mint staff. [58.68]
December 16
  • The Philadelphia Mint begins striking 1916-dated Standing Liberty quarter dollars for circulation. [346.83] [420.40] [486.17]
December 31
  • The Philadelphia Mint stops minting Standing Liberty quarter dollars for the year, with 52,000 struck. [486.17]

1917

January
  • 1916-dated half dollars with walking Liberty design are released to circulation. [315.46] [316.32]
January 10
  • Mint Director F.J.H. von Engelken writes to the three mint superintendents informing them to hold all new quarters until further notice. [486.17]
January 17
  • Quarter dollars with standing Liberty design are released to circulation. [315.46] [318.32] [340.34] [346.82] [486.17]
April 16
  • Mint Director F.J.H. von Engelken submits proposed legislation to allow design changes to the Standing Liberty/Flying Eagle quarter dollar to Representative William Ashbrook, chairman of the House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures. [346.84]
April 30
  • Representative William Ashbrook of Ohio introduces a bill in the House of Representatives to allow changes to the designs of the Standing Liberty/Flying Eagle quarter dollar to be made. [346.85]
July 9
  • Congress approves a bill allowing changes to the designs of the Standing Liberty/Flying Eagle quarter dollar to be made. The bill specifies no changes be made in the emblems or devices, reposition the eagle, rearrange the stars and letters, and give the surface a slight concavity. [66.46] [346.85] [438.589]
July
  • The Philadelphia Mint begins production of modified Standing Liberty quarter dollars. [311.68]
October 6
  • The US Trading with the Enemy Act becomes law, giving the US President authority to ban holding of gold and silver coins and other objects. [124.44]

1918

April 23
  • The Pittman Silver Coinage Act is approved, mandating the melting of up to 350 million silver dollar coins. [4.60] [99.36] [165.10] [443.668]
June 1
  • Congress authorizes the 1918 Illinois Centennial silver half dollar. [107.40]

1919

  • In the December 1919 issue of The Numismatist, Samuel W. Brown, former Mint Cabinet curator at the Philadelphia Mint, advertises an offer of $500 to purchase any examples of 1913-dated Liberty Head nickels. (It is believed he had the coins produced while employed at the Mint, then sought to "buy" them as a subterfuge to give his later exhibition of them legitimacy.) [146.18] [218.25] [250.10] [300.50]
December
  • At the Chicago Coin Club meeting, five 1913 Liberty Head nickels are first shown. [477.18]

1920

January
  • In the January 1920 issue of The Numismatist, Samuel W. Brown advertises an offer of $600 to purchase any examples of 1913-dated Liberty Head nickels. [146.18] [250.10] [300.50]
May 3
  • The US Senate passes a bill to coin a 2-cent piece with the portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. [198.58]
May 10
  • Congress authorizes commemorative coin marking 100th anniversary of Alabama joining the Union. [234.58]
May 12
  • Congress passes Act authorizing striking of 1920- and 1921-dated half dollars commemorating the 300th anniversary of the landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. [335.15] [361.36]
August
  • At the ANA convention in Chicago, Illinois, Samuel W. Brown exhibits five 1913 Liberty Head nickels, three in Proof, two uncirculated, supposedly purchased from an unnamed seller. [146.18] [218.25] [250.10] [300.16,50]

1921

March 4
  • US Congress authorizes up to 250,000 Missouri centennial commemorative silver half dollars. [294.15]
May 9
  • A joint resolution to Congress calls for a coin to commemorate end of the world war, but Congress adjourns without voting on the resolution. [303.60]
(month unknown)
  • The Jenks Sale of coins totals $61,279.46, a record for US coins. [166.55]
July 28
  • President Warren Harding issues executive order requiring coin designs to come under purview of Commission of Fine Arts. [75.64]
October
  • In the October issue of The Numismatist, Samuel Brown says five Proof 1913 Liberty Head nickels are believed to have been struck. [250.10]
October 27
  • The US Mint begins sales of Alabama Centennial half dollars. [65.52] [127.68] [142.72]
November 23
  • The Commission of Fine Arts holds a limited design competition among eight sculptors for a new circulating "Peace Dollar" coin. [92.68] [129.84] [303.60] [332.46] (November 19 [70.64] [130.24])
December 13
  • The Commission of Fine Arts unanimously selects for the dollar coin the designs of sculptor Anthony de Francisci. [92.68] [129.84]
December 19
  • Commission of Fine Arts announces winner of design competition for Peace dollar: Anthony de Francisci. [77.42] [144.64] [336.38]
December 24
  • The Philadelphia Mint begins striking Peace Dollars, using high-relief dies struck with 150 tons of pressure. [92.68] (December 28 [129.84] [486.18])
December 26
  • The Philadelphia Mint begins production of Peace dollars for circulation. [78.44] [305.24]

1922

January 3
  • First living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar. [6]
  • The first 1921 Peace dollar is presented to President Warren Harding. [80.79] [338.40]
January 4
  • 1921-dated Peace dollars are released to circulation. [486.18] (January 30 [153.68])
February 2
  • Congress authorizes Ulysses S. Grant commemorative half dollar and dollar. [87.72] [258.68]
February 13
  • The Philadelphia begins striking 200,000 Peace dollars using new low relief dies. [93.84] [259.30]
February 22
  • US Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin. [6]
April
  • The US Mint releases the Peace Dollar to circulation. [92.68]
December
  • Senator Hiram Johnson of California introduces legislation seeking authorization to produce up to 300,000 Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollars. [251.50]

1923

January 24
  • President Warren Harding signs into law a bill authorizing production of Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollars. [251.50] [341.92]
February 19
  • Smithsonian Institution secretary Charles Doolittle Walcott formally accepts transfer of the US Mint's collection of 18,291 coins housed at the Philadelphia Mint. [345.46] [429.14]
February 27
  • Congress authorizes Huguenot-Walloon commemorative half dollar. [327.48] [346.74]
May
  • Production begins at the San Francisco Mint on 1923 Monroe Doctrine half dollars. [251.50]

1924

March 17
  • Congress authorizes Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar. [349.48]
(month unknown)
  • Philadelphia coin dealer August Wagner offers for sale five 1913 Liberty Head nickels, for $2000. Colonel Edward H.R. Green purchases them. [146.18] [300.50]

1925

January 14
  • Congress authorizes 1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar. [340.34]
January 21
  • The Philadelphia Mint begins striking Stone Mountain Memorial commemorative half dollars. [84.24] [324.76] [341.92]
February 24
  • An Act of Congress is signed authorizing half dollar commemorative coins marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Fort Vancouver in Washington state, the California Diamond Jubilee, and the 1927 Vermont-Bennington commemorative. [51.92] [91.56] [219.12] [345.46]
March 23
  • Congress authorizes up to 200,000 1926-dated gold $2.50 coins and up to 1 million silver half dollars to mark the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. [192.32] [297.34] (March 3 [156.70] [405.669])
July 3
  • The US Mint begins sales of the Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar coins. [39.56] [371.36]
August 1
  • John R. Sinnock is appointed US Mint chief engraver. [119.32]
  • The San Francisco Mint strikes 50,000 Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollars for sale. [51.93]

1926

January 26
  • US Representative John Miller introduces H.R. 8306 to create an Oregon Trail commemorative half dollar coin. [487.34]
April 5
  • Oregon Trail commemorative coin bill passes House of Representatives without opposition. [487.35]
May 10
  • Oregon Trail commemorative coin bill passes Senate unanimously. [487.35]
May 17
  • Congress authorizes Oregon Trail Memorial commemorative half dollar program, allowing up to 6 million coins be produced or until the law is repealed. [187.64] [236.1] [487.35] (May 18 [104.36])
July 4
  • The US Mint begins ceremonial strikings of the American Independence Sesquicentennial commemorative coins. [39.56] [114.36]

1928

March 8
  • Congress authorizes Hawaii commemorative half dollar. [187.22]

1930

  • Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon asks Congress to formally discontinue the gold quarter eagle. [250.52]
April 11
  • Panama passes a law for new coinage of the same size, weight, silver content, and denominations as US coins. [1.B20]
April
  • Legislation discontinues the $2.50 gold coin. [439.707]

1931

March 4
  • Congress authorizes a commemorative quarter dollar for the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington. [41.78] [262.53] [324.76] [439.707] [440.445]
October 27
  • A second design competition for the Washington quarter is judged, with designs of Laura Gardin Fraser selected as winner, again. (Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon overrules, and selects designs of John Flanagan for production.) [41.78] [142.72] [324.76] [383.44]

1932

July 31
  • The US Mint releases the Washington quarter dollar to circulation. [75.64]

1933

March 1
  • Philadelphia Mint's cashier's window makes last release of 1933 gold $10 coins. [185.56]
March 2
  • The Philadelphia Mint begins striking 1933 Saint-Gaudens gold double eagles. [108.5] (March 15 [296.34])
March 6
  • US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6260, prohibiting further release of gold coins, forbidding private citizens holding gold coins or paper money redeemable in gold, ordering all to turn in gold coins and bullion. [186.9] [251.36] (August 26 [439.707])
March 9
  • US Congress passes the Emergency Banking Act, authorizing the President to confiscate gold held by American citizens, except those coins of numismatic value, to be paid $20 in paper per ounce. [173.84]
April 5
  • US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6102, requiring public to turn in gold certificates, bullion, and coins for placement in the Federal Reserve. [50.60] [96.38]
April 12
  • Exchange of gold scrap for gold coins at the US Mint is no longer allowed. [120.98]
April 19
  • Franklin Roosevelt announces US will leave the gold standard. [6] [22.56]
April 20
  • US government suspends convertibility of paper money to gold, and forbids export, holding, and transactions in gold. [196.22]
April 25
  • US drops Gold Standard. [6]
April 28
  • US Senate approves Nellie Taloe Ross as US Mint director. [23.36] [356.36]
May 3
  • Nellie T Ross takes office as Mint Director. [6]
May 19
  • Philadelphia Mint suspends production of 1933 Saint-Gaudens gold double eagles. [104.36]
May 22
  • US Congress declares all currency in circulation legal tender. [361.36]
June 15
  • Congress authorizes Texas Independence Centennial commemorative half dollar program, up to 1.5 million coins. [112.44] [187.64] [236.32] [333.15]
August
  • An Executive Order prohibits issue of gold coins as currency. [251.36]
August 28
  • US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6260, allowing exemptions to the gold ownership ban for up to $100, and for gold coins of recognized collector value. [50.60]
December 21
  • US President Franklin Roosevelt issues an Executive Proclamation authorising the US Treasury to coin half of the 97.7 million ounces of silver bullion agreed to be purchased over the next four years. [400.51]

1934

January 12
  • US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6556, allowing coin collectors to buy and sell gold coins without a license, provided that the coins have recognized collector value. [50.60]
January 31
  • President Franklin Roosevelt devalues the dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce. [6]
February 20
  • The U.S. Assay Commission returns 437 1933 Saint-Gaudens gold double eagles to the US Mint. [90.28] [265.24]
May 9
  • Congress passes legislation authorizing a half dollar coin to commemorate the Maryland Tercentenary. [58.82]
May 14
  • Congress authorizes 1936 Arkansas Centennial commemorative half dollar program, up to 500,000 coins. [187.64] [200.46] [236.32] [248.58] [410.1082]
May 26
  • Congress authorizes Daniel Boone Bicentennial commemorative half dollar program, up to 600,000 coins. [32.80] [37.52] [187.64] [236.32] [361.36]
October 9
  • The US Mint gives two 1933 double eagles to the Smithsonian Institute. [124.44] [351.22]
End of 1900-1934. Next: 1935.

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