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<p>[QUOTE="juris klavins, post: 2969611, member: 76693"]From Wikipedia:</p><p>As of 1937, it served as a storage facility for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" rel="nofollow">silver</a> bullion and was thus nicknamed "The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository" rel="nofollow">Fort Knox</a> of Silver."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-WP_Mint-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.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.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>through 1986, the West Point Mint produced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent" rel="nofollow">Lincoln cents</a> bearing no <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_mark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_mark" rel="nofollow">mint mark</a>, making them indistinguishable from those produced at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" rel="nofollow">Philadelphia Mint</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-gold-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-gold-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> The years 1977 to 1979 saw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bicentennial_coinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bicentennial_coinage" rel="nofollow">Bicentennial quarters</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(U.S._coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(U.S._coin)" rel="nofollow">Washington quarters</a> produced as well.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-KidsMint-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.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).</p><p><br /></p><p>September 1983 saw the first appearance of the "W" mint mark (from this still unofficial U.S. Mint) on a $10 gold coin commemorating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Los_Angeles_Olympic_Games" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Los_Angeles_Olympic_Games" rel="nofollow">1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> This was the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender" rel="nofollow">legal tender</a> U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_coin" rel="nofollow">gold coin</a> since 1933. In 1986, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gold_Eagle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gold_Eagle" rel="nofollow">American Gold Eagle</a> bullion coins were solely produced at this facility, again with no mint mark. The West Point Bullion Depository was granted mint status on March 31, 1988[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="juris klavins, post: 2969611, member: 76693"]From Wikipedia: As of 1937, it served as a storage facility for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver']silver[/URL] bullion and was thus nicknamed "The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bullion_Depository']Fort Knox[/URL] of Silver."[URL='https://en.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.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-5'][5][/URL]through 1986, the West Point Mint produced [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent']Lincoln cents[/URL] bearing no [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_mark']mint mark[/URL], making them indistinguishable from those produced at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint']Philadelphia Mint[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-gold-3'][3][/URL] The years 1977 to 1979 saw [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bicentennial_coinage']Bicentennial quarters[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(U.S._coin)']Washington quarters[/URL] produced as well.[URL='https://en.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). September 1983 saw the first appearance of the "W" mint mark (from this still unofficial U.S. Mint) on a $10 gold coin commemorating the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Los_Angeles_Olympic_Games']1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] This was the first [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender']legal tender[/URL] U.S. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_coin']gold coin[/URL] since 1933. In 1986, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gold_Eagle']American Gold Eagle[/URL] bullion coins were solely produced at this facility, again with no mint mark. The West Point Bullion Depository was granted mint status on March 31, 1988[/QUOTE]
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