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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jay4202472000, post: 1672769, member: 42573&quot;]<b>My Submission!&nbsp; Hope you enjoy and catch the &quot;easter egg&quot;!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>On March 31, 1988, the West Point US Coin Mint officially gained the status of branch mint.&nbsp; This made West Point the most modern official mint in existence.&nbsp; Being located nearby to the West Point Military Academy, the mint was built in the state of New York in 1937.&nbsp; Like Fort Knox is today, the mint was known as the West Point Bullion Depository upon opening and housed more silver than any other US mint.&nbsp; Although West Point is known mostly today for storing gold, and minting commemorative and bullion </p><p>coins, small cents were minted there for thirty-five years.&nbsp; The building itself is rather large (40 sq. ft. short of being 1 full acre), and is one story high with reinforced concrete walls.&nbsp; For security measures, the mint has a guard turret at each of its four corners.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lincoln cents were produced at West Point from 1973 to 1986 without a mint mark so they are</p><p>indistinguishable from the Philadelphia cents.&nbsp; Bicentennial Washington Quarters were also minted there.</p><p>It is a fact West Point was known as &quot;The Fort Knox of Sliver&quot;, however it housed up to $20 million worth</p><p>of gold in the early 1980&#039;s.&nbsp; In September of 1983 the famous &quot;W&quot; appeared on the 1984 $10 Olympic</p><p>Commemorative.&nbsp; As of now, all gold proof coins, ASE proofs, and Gorilla and Chimpanzee proof coins</p><p>are minted at West Point.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This easter Sunday will coinside with a major date in numismatic history.&nbsp; March 31, 2013 will</p><p>also mark the 25th anniversary of the West Point US Coin Mint officially gaining status as a United States</p><p>branch mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Info taken from <a href="http://www.usacoinbook.com/encyclopedia/coin-mints/west-point/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usacoinbook.com/encyclopedia/coin-mints/west-point/" rel="nofollow">http://www.usacoinbook.com/encyclopedia/coin-mints/west-point/</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was very interesting!&nbsp; Thanks again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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