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Message:: [QUOTE="Indianhead65, post: 222832, member: 103422"]For all of you history buffs out there like me......... May 1,1885- Conrad N. Jordan started his term as the 15th Treasurer of the United States. May 1, 1928- Frank White ended his term as the 25th Treasurer of the United States. May 2, 1828- Thomas T. Tucker ended his term as the 3rd Treasurer of the United States. May 2, 1921- Frank White started his term as the 25th Treasurer of the United States. May 3, 1933- Nellie Taylor Ross became the first woman appointed as director of the United States Mint. May 5, 1972- The United States notified the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of its intent to change the par value of the dollar. May 8, 1969- Dorothy Andrews Elston started her term as the 33rd Treasurer of the United States. May 9, 1863- Hugh McCulloch was appointed as the first comptroller of the currency. May 10, 1837- The Panic of 1837 began and New York banks suspended specie payments. This began the second worst depression (1837-1843) in United States history. May 10, 1889- James W. Hyatt ended his term as the 16th Treasurer of the United States. May 15, 1987- The San Francisco Mint opened to the public for the first time in its history. May 16, 1866- The nickel five cent coin was authorized to replace the smaller silver piece known as the half-disme. May 17, 1938- The Bureau of Engraving and Printing occupied the Treasury Annex building. May 18, 1908- The motto "In God We Trust" was made mandatory on all United States Coins. May 21, 1861- Confederate soldiers occupied the Charlotte Mint as a headquarters during the Civil War. May 26, 1652- Massachusetts estalished the only Colonial Mint. The Pine Tree Shilling was produced in a Mint house in Boston. May 31, 1878- An act of Congress forbade further retirement of United States legal tender notes. There you have it, your history lesson for May, 2007.......Enjoy!!![/QUOTE]

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