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The penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. Here's how much the US spends on minting its other coins

The impending “death” of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin’s own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each, or quadruple its value

The Independent UK

US Mint begins sales of $1 coin honoring innovative NASA space shuttle

The United States Mint is ready to launch the next $1 coin in its American Innovation series, honoring NASA's retired space shuttle.

Space

The U.S. Mint releases new commemorative coins honoring Harriet Tubman

The designs featured on the coins honor Tubman's life and her work as an abolitionist and social activist. The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins.

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Saturn V moon rocket art revealed for 2024 American Innovation $1 coin

The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket. Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of American Innovation.

Space

Edith Kanaka'ole is the first Hawaiian woman to grace a U.S. quarter

"Aunty Edith," as she was known, helped revive the Hawaiian language, hula and chant.

WEKU

Editorial: Mint to make history with first Afro-Latina coin

Celia Cruz will be the first Afro-Latina American woman on American currency, the U.S. Mint reports. The Latina singer, originally from Cuba, was one of the most popular entertainers in the world. Her career spanned six decades and included more than 80 albums, many of which achieved gold or platinum…

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Celia Cruz to be featured on U.S. quarter

The late singer will be the first Afro Caribbean woman to appear on the U.S. quarter. The U.S. Mint is honoring Cruz through the American Women Quarters Program.

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Can a trillion-dollar coin end the US debt-ceiling standoff?

Advocates say such a coin would be one option to bypass the debt ceiling, but others believe the measure would not be legally sound

The Guardian - US

As Anna May Wong quarters roll out, a younger generation reflects on the actress's legacy

LOS ANGELES — The second-graders rushed from room to room at the Chinese American Museum, making buttons, collecting stickers and seeking clues to trivia questions about a long-ago acting legend, Anna May Wong.

Los Angeles Times

Hollywood trailblazer Anna May Wong to be first Asian American featured on US currency

Hollywood trailblazer and international film star Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American featured on a U.S. coin.

Los Angeles Times

Pioneering Hollywood actor is first Asian American selected to appear on a US quarter

Anna May Wong is one of five women chosen to appear on the new coins

The Independent UK

Anna May Wong will become the first Asian American to be on U.S. currency

Dubbed Hollywood's first Asian American movie star, Wong championed the need for more representation and less stereotypical roles for Asian Americans on screen. She will be featured on new quarters.

WEKU

Putting King Charles III on British currency bucks a global trend to honor diverse national heroes on coins and bills

For more than 60 years, the image of Queen Elizabeth II graced the currencies of the United Kingdom as well as some of the Commonwealth nations. During her historic reign she appeared on at least 33 different currencies globally, a Guinness World Record. This includes not only money in the…

The Conversation

Where the government makes cents: Welcome to the Denver Mint

DENVER — Somewhere between your couch cushions or the cupholders of your car, in a piggy bank or a wishing well or on the sidewalk of any street, there’s a penny or a nickel or a dime or a quarter with an inconspicuous “D” beside the head of a president.

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The Independent UK

FBI records on search for fabled gold raise more questions

A scientific analysis commissioned by the FBI shortly before agents went digging for buried treasure suggests that a huge quantity of gold was below the surface of a rural site in western Pennsylvania

Reason

Americans Want Change. Private Mints Are the Solution.

Congress should stop preventing the private sector from making its own coins.

Tribune News Service

US Mint unveils Sally Ride quarter at Space Symposium in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Representatives of the U.S. Mint on Wednesday unveiled a coin honoring the first American woman in space at the Space Symposium.

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Hollywood's thwarting of Anna May Wong

Wong persevered, even when Hollywood stifled her endeavors. Now, she is being celebrated by the U.S. Mint

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The Independent UK

Late Native Hawaiian hula teacher to appear on US quarter

The late Native Hawaiian hula teacher Edith Kanaka’ole is among five women who will be individually featured on a U.S. quarter next year as part of a program that depicts notable women on the flip side of the coin

Chicago Sun-Times

Late Native Hawaiian hula teacher to appear on US quarter in 2023

Edith Kanaka’ole joins four other women will also be featured on quarters: Bessie Coleman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jovita Idár and Maria Tallchief.

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