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<p>[QUOTE="bruthajoe, post: 3900988, member: 108656"]Very interesting facts...</p><p>The <b>West Point Mint Facility</b> is a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Mint" rel="nofollow">U.S. Mint</a> production and depository facility erected in 1937 near the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Military_Academy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Military_Academy" rel="nofollow">U.S. Military Academy</a> in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" rel="nofollow">West Point</a>,<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)" rel="nofollow">New York</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow">United States</a>. Originally it was called the West Point <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullion" rel="nofollow">Bullion</a> Depository.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-WP_Mint-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-WP_Mint-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> At one point it had the highest concentration of silver of any U.S. mint facility,<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-NRHP_nom-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-NRHP_nom-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> and for 12 years produced circulating <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)" rel="nofollow">pennies</a>. It has since minted mostly commemorative coins and stored gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>US Bullion Depository, West Point, New York</p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>History</b></font></p><p>As of 1937, it served as a storage facility for <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" rel="nofollow">silver</a> bullion and was thus nicknamed "The<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository" rel="nofollow">Fort Knox</a> of Silver."<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-WP_Mint-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-WP_Mint-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> Even without United States Mint status, it produced U.S. coinage. From 1974<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> through 1986, the West Point Mint produced <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent" rel="nofollow">Lincoln cents</a> bearing no <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_mark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_mark" rel="nofollow">mint mark</a>, making them indistinguishable from those produced at the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" rel="nofollow">Philadelphia Mint</a>.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-gold-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-gold-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> The years 1977 to 1979 saw <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bicentennial_coinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bicentennial_coinage" rel="nofollow">Bicentennial quarters</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(U.S._coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(U.S._coin)" rel="nofollow">Washington quarters</a> produced as well.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-KidsMint-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-KidsMint-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> Approximately 20 billion dollars' worth of gold was stored in its vaults in the early 1980s (although this was still significantly less than at Fort Knox).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bruthajoe, post: 3900988, member: 108656"]Very interesting facts... The [B]West Point Mint Facility[/B] is a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Mint']U.S. Mint[/URL] production and depository facility erected in 1937 near the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Military_Academy']U.S. Military Academy[/URL] in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point,_New_York']West Point[/URL],[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)']New York[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. Originally it was called the West Point [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullion']Bullion[/URL] Depository.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-WP_Mint-2'][2][/URL] At one point it had the highest concentration of silver of any U.S. mint facility,[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-NRHP_nom-1'][1][/URL] and for 12 years produced circulating [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)']pennies[/URL]. It has since minted mostly commemorative coins and stored gold. US Bullion Depository, West Point, New York [SIZE=5][B][/B] [B]History[/B][/SIZE] As of 1937, it served as a storage facility for [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver']silver[/URL] bullion and was thus nicknamed "The[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository']Fort Knox[/URL] of Silver."[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-WP_Mint-2'][2][/URL] Even without United States Mint status, it produced U.S. coinage. From 1974[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] through 1986, the West Point Mint produced [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent']Lincoln cents[/URL] bearing no [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_mark']mint mark[/URL], making them indistinguishable from those produced at the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint']Philadelphia Mint[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-gold-3'][3][/URL] The years 1977 to 1979 saw [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bicentennial_coinage']Bicentennial quarters[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(U.S._coin)']Washington quarters[/URL] produced as well.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-KidsMint-4'][4][/URL] Approximately 20 billion dollars' worth of gold was stored in its vaults in the early 1980s (although this was still significantly less than at Fort Knox).[/QUOTE]
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