Read more US Mint stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17220/us-mint.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T00:33:27http://www.newser.com/story/81339/bizarre-new-design-ruins-our-humble-penny.htmlThe newly designed penny continues the long tradition of ugly-looking US currency, writes William Bostwick. The front of the 2010 cent looks generally the same, but the back now has a Union shield in place of the Lincoln Memorial. That's only "the most emotionally and socially charged building in the...http://www.newser.com/story/81339/bizarre-new-design-ruins-our-humble-penny.html2010-02-19T19:42:00http://www.newser.com/story/75578/mint-unwittingly-finances-tahiti-trip-and-more.htmlCrafty frequent fliers have racked up thousands of free miles by buying coins from the US Mint on their credit cards, and then taking them right back to the bank. The Mint, which ships free of charge in order to get more in circulation, finally got wise to “large repetitive...http://www.newser.com/story/75578/mint-unwittingly-finances-tahiti-trip-and-more.html2009-12-07T16:41:21http://www.newser.com/story/51625/jazz-great-ellington-will-grace-dc-quarter.htmlLate jazz legend Duke Ellington has been chosen to appear on the District of Columbia's commemorative quarter, CNN reports. The composer and performer, a DC native who died in 1975, beat out abolitionist Frederick Douglass and surveyor and astronomer Benjamin Banneker in a vote of the capital's residents. Ellington becomes...http://www.newser.com/story/51625/jazz-great-ellington-will-grace-dc-quarter.html2009-02-24T12:07:00http://www.newser.com/story/38099/lincoln-penny-gets-a-redesign.htmlThe US Mint today unveiled four new designs that will adorn the back of the Lincoln penny next year to commemorate the bicentennial of Honest Abe’s birth, CNNMoney reports. The classic portrait of the 16th president will remain on the heads side. The reverse will depict scenes from Lincoln’s life,...http://www.newser.com/story/38099/lincoln-penny-gets-a-redesign.html2008-09-22T18:40:01http://www.newser.com/story/28250/us-rations-silver-dollars-as-investors-scoop-them-up.htmlInvestors and coin collectors are hopping mad at the US Mint for placing quotas on purchasing silver dollars, the Wall Street Journal reports. The price of silver has more than doubled in the last three years, and investors looking to cash in on the boom—and avoid the stock and...http://www.newser.com/story/28250/us-rations-silver-dollars-as-investors-scoop-them-up.html2008-05-23T14:31:33http://www.newser.com/story/21480/new-5-bill-debuts-today.htmlHonest Abe may've been a bit pasty and gaunt, but the public can now see him in a more vivid hue: The redesigned $5 bill, complete with splashes of purple designed to thwart pesky counterfeiters, is being released today. Lincoln keeps his place on the front, and his memorial on...http://www.newser.com/story/21480/new-5-bill-debuts-today.html2008-03-13T16:45:13http://www.newser.com/story/20404/paulson-wants-to-toss-pennies.htmlHenry Paulson sees little point in pennies and would stop their production if he could, the AP reports. “The penny is worth less than any other currency,” the Treasury Secretary said today in a radio interview. But a sea change in change isn't imminent: Paulson says he has bigger challenges...http://www.newser.com/story/20404/paulson-wants-to-toss-pennies.html2008-02-29T22:15:00http://www.newser.com/story/12735/makes-cents-final-five-state-quarters-unveiled.htmlThe 50-state quarter program will wrap up next year when quarters for the final five states will be released. The US Mint revealed their designs yesterday: Oklahoma's quarter will feature the state bird, the scissortail flycatcher, and the state flower, the Indian blanket. New Mexico's coin will be marked with...http://www.newser.com/story/12735/makes-cents-final-five-state-quarters-unveiled.html2007-11-28T09:35:40http://www.newser.com/story/12007/prototype-coins-go-for-30m.htmlAn anonymous buyer spent more than $30 million on a collection of about 1,000 coins that never made it to circulation, the AP reports. The rare “pattern coins,” dated from 1792 to 1942, are trial designs the US Mint rejected before producing them for circulation. Those coins generally stay...http://www.newser.com/story/12007/prototype-coins-go-for-30m.html2007-11-19T03:53:42