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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7609345, member: 101855&quot;]The San Francisco Mint is mostly known in the very modern era for making special coins like commemoratives and Proof sets. There have been times when it has been pressed into serve to make business strike coins as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The San Francisco Mint opened in 1854 in the middle of gold country. The first mint was located in the offices of the old Moffat &amp; Company site. It was a terrible place to work with workers inhaling acid fumes on a regular basis. The facility was remodeled and expanded. Here&#039;s my only coin from that early time.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1310002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only affordable San Francisco Mint gold piece from 1854.</p><p><br /></p><p>The San Francisco Mint moved to a much better facility in 1874. It came to be known affectionately as &quot;The Grey Lady.&quot; It survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and provided much needed aid to the survivors of that catastrophe.</p><p><br /></p><p>The “S Mint” moved to its present location in 1937. When I kid collector in 1960-2, finding old “S Mint” cents in circulation was wonderful event. The mint had closed in 1955, and fewer and fewer of its coins were in circulation. The mint became an assay office.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint started making coins against in 1965. These coins had no mint marks, which was the practice during the coin shortage of the mid 1960s. One of the mint&#039;s identifiable products was the Special Mint Sets from 1965 to &#039;67. Mint marks were restored by Congress in 1967, but did not appear until 1968. Since then the “S Mint” has mostly made Proof sets and other special coins. It does get pressed in service to produce coins for circulation on occasion, but a lot of those coins go to collectors immediately.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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