Numismatic Almanac for
December

An almanac, for the month of December, for collectors of coins, currency, medallions, medals, tokens and other items pertaining to numismatics. Image (above) links to Half Dimes at Mintmark.com.

December

1st: 1794: First delivery of U.S. half-dollars.

5th: 1782: Martin Van Buren born (8th U.S. President). 1900: Treasury orders genuine bronze for mint medals.

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). 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.

24th: 1912: First coinage of nickels at the San Francisco Mint.

28th: 1856: Thomas Woodrow Wilson born (28th U.S. President).

29th: 1808: Andrew Johnson born (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. 1970: Coinage law authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin. 1974: PL93-373 allowed gold ownership for U.S. citizens.