The Four United States Mint Facilities of Philadelphia

Congress authorized construction of a United States Mint in Philadelphia on April 2, 1792, and the first director, David Rittenhouse, selected the site; an office building and several factory structures were completed that same year, and demolition of Ye Old Mint began in 1907. The United States Mint moved to a new location in 1833, where a grand Grecian marble building served until 1900, enduring the Civil War, the assassination of three presidents, and the territorial expansion of the United States before it was razed in 1903. A third facility opened in 1901 as a magnificent building with the latest technological advances, including electricity, and during its life through 1968 it spanned four wars and the change from horse-and-buggy travel to manned spacecraft orbiting Earth; it still exists with much of its original grandeur intact. The fourth facility, in use since 1969, is larger and better equipped than the previous marble building and can produce up to 50 million coins each day.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States