Numismatic Almanac for January

Historical data pertaining to numismatics for the month of January. Did we miss anything? Please let us know. Thanks.

Chronology of Numismatic Events for January
Day	Year	Event
1st	1962	First issue of Coins magazine. Coins covers market trends, buying tips, and historical perspectives on all aspects of numismatics. The news section, Bits and Pieces, wraps up the latest happenings in numismatics. Regular columns and departments include Basics & Beyond; Budget Buyer; Coin Clinic (Q&A); the editor's column; coin finds; a calendar of upcoming shows nationwide; Coin Value Guide and Market Watch.
2nd	1959	First production of U.S. Lincoln Memorial cents.
2nd	1968	Mint marks (often spelled mintmarks) restored to U.S. coins.
3rd	1825	Samuel Moore (1774-1861) confirmed U.S. Mint Director #5 (1824-35).
5th	1835	Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854) confirmed U.S. Mint Director #6 (1835-51).
7th	1800	Millard Filmore (1800-74) born (13th U.S. President; 1850-53).
9th	1913	Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-94) born (37th U.S. President; 1969-74 [resigned]).
11th	1755	Alexander Hamilton (1755¹-1804) born; 1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95). Hamilton's portrait is on the $10 note. ¹Some historians believe that Hamilton was born in 1757.
12th	1894	Robert E. Preston² ³(also known as R. E. Preston) finally confirmed (2nd nomination) U.S. Mint Director #16 (1893-1898) after Senate rejected his first nomination by President Grover Cleveland in 1893. Read online: The New Mint Director and History of the Monetary Legislation and the Currency System of the United States, by Robert E. Preston and James H. Eckels (read online this biography of James H. Eckels [1858-1907; United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1893 to 1897] in Chicago: Its History and Its Builders [vol. 2, 1918], by J. Seymour Currey). ²Birth and death years needed. ³Links to The World's Gold in 1897; an interview with R. E. Preston.
13th	1808	Birth of Salmon P. Chase (1808-73); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1861-64). Chase's portrait is on the $10,000 note.
15th	1782	U.S. decimal coinage system approved.
17th	1706	Benjamin Franklin (1706⁴-90) born. His portrait is on the $100 note. ⁴Or 1705.
17th	1929	End-of-term for Tate-Mellon signatures on U.S. paper money.
18th	1796	First U.S. dimes struck.
18th	1837	U.S. coinage laws revised and standardized.
18th	1980	Silver bullion value peaks at $49.45/oz. in London.
20th	1953	End-of-term for Clark-Snyder signatures on U.S. paper money.
20th	1961	End-of-term for Priest-Anderson signatures on U.S. paper money.
21st	1977	W. Michael Blumenthal (1926-) confirmed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1977-79).
21st	1980	Gold bullion value peaks at $850/oz. in London.
25th	1971	Two prototype Eisenhower dollars (coins) struck—then destroyed—at the Philadelphia Mint.
26th	1898	George E. Roberts (1857-1948) confirmed U.S. Mint Director #17 (1898-1907; 1910-14).
27th	1843	William McKinley (1843-1901) born (25th U.S. President; 1897-1901 [assassinated]). McKinley's portrait is on the $500 note.
27th	1874	U.S. Mint authorized to strike foreign coins.
27th	1968	Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler⁵ (1908-2000) approves new Seal of the Treasury. ⁵Secretary of the Treasury 1965-68.

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