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Numismatic
Almanac
for December
At Mintmark.com, an online almanac for the month of December for collectors of coins, currency, medallions, medals, tokens and other items pertaining to numismatics.
| Numismatic Almanac for December | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day | Year | Event |
| 1st | 1794 | First delivery of U.S. half-dollars. |
| 5th | 1782 | Department of Treasury orders genuine bronze for mint medals. |
| 5th | 1900 | Birth of Warren Gamaliel Harding (29th U.S. President). |
| 10th | 1690 | Massachusetts colony bills of credit (also see, Colonial Currency) for soldiers are first official currency in America. |
| 13th | 1978 | First Anthony dollar coins (dated 1979) struck for circulation. |
| 15th | 1795 | Elias Boudinot confirmed Mint Director #3 (1795-1805). |
| 17th | 1923 | R. J. Grant confirmed Mint Director #24 (1923-1933). |
| 17th | 1971 | President Nixon announces official U.S. gold price increase to $38 per ounce. |
| 18th | 1889 | E. O. Leech confirmed Mint Director #15 (1889-1893). |
| 23rd | 1963 | President Johnson approves Kennedy half-dollar. |
| 24h | 1912 | First coinage of nickels at the San Francisco Mint. |
| 28th | 1856 | Birth of Thomas Woodrow Wilson (28th U.S. President). |
| 29th | 1808 | Birth of Andrew Johnson (17th U.S. President). |
| 30th | 1805 | R. Patterson confirmed Mint Director #4 (1806-1824). |
| 31st | 1933 | End-of-term for Julian-Woodin signatures on paper money. |
| 31st | 1970 | Coinage law authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin. |
| 31st | 1974 | Law (PL93-373) allows gold ownership for U.S. citizens. |
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