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San Francisco Mint

The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint. Opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush, in twenty years its operations exceeded the capacity of the first building. It moved into a new one in 1874, now known as the Old San Francisco Mint. In 1937 Mint operations moved into a third building, the current one, completed that year.

Location

Hermann and Buchanan Streets, San Francisco, California

37°46′12″N 122°25′38″W / 37.7701°N 122.4273°W / 37.7701; -122.4273

1937

Gilbert Stanley Underwood

Stripped Classicism

88000026

February 18, 1988

San Francisco Bay Area portal

Numismatics portal

List of Mints

Historical United States mints

List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks

(2014). Bressett, Kenneth (ed.). A Guide Book of United States Coins 2015 (68th ed.). Atlanta, Georgia: Whitman Publishing. ISBN 978-079484215-4. OCLC 875521690. OL 28306197M.

Yeoman, R.S.

Official San Francisco Mint website

US Treasury Department website, 2007.

"US Mint Buildings Across the Nation: San Francisco Mint"

"New San Francisco Mint" article (1936)

"The Second US Mint at San Francisco: Part One" Article

Archived 2016-11-18 at the Wayback Machine

General Services Administration page on the Old Mint, San Francisco