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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 1746738, member: 15929"]This is so very important to know since at the Denver Mint, when we we told that purses, cell phones and cameras would NOT be allow inside, I had to literally hot foot it 3 blocks down the road to put those items in the trunk. Of course, they tell you this just as the group is about to enter the "self guided" tour. It wasn't that way back in 1992 or so. You got an actual tour which ended in the US Mint Gift Shop where souvenir Mint Sets could be purchased along with other items.I recall that my oldest and I were able to mint up our own Mint Tokens on a stand alone press located in the gift shop and operated by a US Mint Employee. These were the same tokens which were in the souvenir sets. It was really cool. Had I thought of it, I might have ask if the fella that was putting the blank into the press, leave it hang off the coining chamber by about 25 percent! Its not that way anymore unless you get a production floor tour when the ANA is in Town. The gift shops are subcontracted to outside companies and offer Mint and Proof Sets of the current years productions. Folks in Denver can save a bit on Shipping costs but whats that amount to? $4.95?[/QUOTE]