Minting

The second is that if his partisans succeed in minting Reagan in public memory as a repository of bedrock principle, they will have been complicit in letting forgetting win the battle against remembering -- because on their own, conservative terms, Reagan was often a sellout. ❋ Unknown (2004)

To prepare for the novel payout, the company in August began exchanging $1 million of its cash into metal with the idea of minting one troy ounce gold and silver coins to be distributed monthly. ❋ David Fickling (2011)

Mili Note: First, the GOVERNMENT doesn't have anything to do with coin minting in this nation, that's owned by the PRIVATE Federal Reserve Bank. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Price dips in gold have been shallow and short-lived reflecting the broad-based demand for the metal coming from funds, central banks and even on the retail level evidenced by a jump in gold coin minting and purchases.

The Commonwealth of Virginia would begin minting its own gold and silver coins as an alternative currency to the U.S. dollar under a bill that Virginia Del. ❋ Jason Linkins (2011)

Last year, the Coastal Marin Fund began minting $3 brass coins that are about the size of a silver dollar. ❋ Geoffrey A. Fowler (2011)

Ho hum, I think I've had enough of this now so I'll just finish it up, throw a few 100 mph fastballs by that Teixeira guy, and then take a few playmates out to dinner while minting my own currency. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Dies for minting 1854 quarters were sent to San Francisco, but no quarters were struck at that mint until 1855, the first example from that branch mint apparently a proof coin. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dodd-Frank generally calls for them to be traded in markets like stock exchanges, where the prices would be plain to see and it would be harder for firms in the business of minting derivatives to extract outsize profits. ❋ David S. Hilzenrath (2011)

After hearing about the Coastal Marin effort, a group of residents in eastern Marin's Fairfax decided to emulate it, minting up about 5,000 $3 tokens of their own, which they began distributing this summer. ❋ Geoffrey A. Fowler (2011)

The Austrian Mint is the official and the only minting authority of the Republic of Austria. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the coin entered production, technical concerns became paramount for Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber, who lowered the relief on the design to enable high-speed minting of the issue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A historic and unique remnant of the ancient Roman minting process, and perhaps the first known evidence of early coin brockage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The move follows that of two nonprofits in Marin County—Coastal Marin Fund and FairBucks—which began minting their own $3 coins last year. ❋ Geoffrey A. Fowler (2011)

The stars were opposite raised portions of the reverse design (including the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA legend), thus two higher relief areas of the coin were competing for metal as it flowed into the die recesses during minting. ❋ Unknown (2009)