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<p>[QUOTE="jimfan0106, post: 1616083, member: 40464"]Thought we could share our experiences and thoughts about our visits to one of the Mint branches if you had the chance or share your thoughts on which one you would like to visit and why.</p><p> </p><p>My experience...I live in Philadelphia and to my memory, before I got into coin collecting full on (mid 2012)…I never been to the Philadelphia Mint either on my own or through school visits. I went down on a Friday morning, which is only a 15 minute drive from my house, I was more excited that they had a gift shop and I could buy coins right on the spot and not have to wait for the mail. When I arrived, I was greeted by a US Mint Police Officer who directed me to the door to enter, I removed all metal objects and went through a metal detector, to my right was the gift shop and to my left was the beginning of the "Self-Guided" tour. You can pick up some pamphlets and proceed to escalator stairs that drops you off on the 2nd floor and has many coins in thick display cases and coin making equipment from the past, etc. The next floor is the start of a long hallway that has info and coins on the walls as you walk, some of the walls have glass that you can look down into the factory and see the machines and trays that go by full of freshly minted coins. My experience (have been to the mint 3 times now), each time, the factory always seemed closed, with not a lot of activity and I did not see a lot of people, but much is automated I am sure. The tour ends with a escalator ride down that drops you in the back of the gift shop (convenient!)...I think the best part of my visit was looking at everything in the gift shop and decided what I wanted to buy.</p><p>My first visit, I picked up a 2011 and 2012 silver proof set, the 2010 and 2011 circulated ATB’s, the 2011 uncirculated ATB’s and Start Spangled Banner Proof Silver Dollar.</p><p>They also have a change machine that dispenses the newest release P mint ATB quarter, you can feed as many dollars as you want and get as many ATB’s as you want. I thought this was pretty cool, given you hardly ever see these in the wild.</p><p>My only thought about the tour is it would be better if it was a “guided” tour and part of the tour would be to walk the factory floor and to see and touch some of the machines and just to get a closer look in general. From watching videos on YouTube, I think the Denver mint has a guided tour, wonder why Philadelphia doesn’t?</p><p>Anyway, feel free to share your Mint visit stories!</p><p>Thanks for reading![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jimfan0106, post: 1616083, member: 40464"]Thought we could share our experiences and thoughts about our visits to one of the Mint branches if you had the chance or share your thoughts on which one you would like to visit and why. My experience...I live in Philadelphia and to my memory, before I got into coin collecting full on (mid 2012)…I never been to the Philadelphia Mint either on my own or through school visits. I went down on a Friday morning, which is only a 15 minute drive from my house, I was more excited that they had a gift shop and I could buy coins right on the spot and not have to wait for the mail. When I arrived, I was greeted by a US Mint Police Officer who directed me to the door to enter, I removed all metal objects and went through a metal detector, to my right was the gift shop and to my left was the beginning of the "Self-Guided" tour. You can pick up some pamphlets and proceed to escalator stairs that drops you off on the 2nd floor and has many coins in thick display cases and coin making equipment from the past, etc. The next floor is the start of a long hallway that has info and coins on the walls as you walk, some of the walls have glass that you can look down into the factory and see the machines and trays that go by full of freshly minted coins. My experience (have been to the mint 3 times now), each time, the factory always seemed closed, with not a lot of activity and I did not see a lot of people, but much is automated I am sure. The tour ends with a escalator ride down that drops you in the back of the gift shop (convenient!)...I think the best part of my visit was looking at everything in the gift shop and decided what I wanted to buy. My first visit, I picked up a 2011 and 2012 silver proof set, the 2010 and 2011 circulated ATB’s, the 2011 uncirculated ATB’s and Start Spangled Banner Proof Silver Dollar. They also have a change machine that dispenses the newest release P mint ATB quarter, you can feed as many dollars as you want and get as many ATB’s as you want. I thought this was pretty cool, given you hardly ever see these in the wild. My only thought about the tour is it would be better if it was a “guided” tour and part of the tour would be to walk the factory floor and to see and touch some of the machines and just to get a closer look in general. From watching videos on YouTube, I think the Denver mint has a guided tour, wonder why Philadelphia doesn’t? Anyway, feel free to share your Mint visit stories! Thanks for reading![/QUOTE]
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