SAN FRANCISCO MINT LETTERWRITERS NEEDED Público Deposited
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The E-Sylum: Volume 5, Number 42, October 20, 2002, Article 1
SAN FRANCISCO MINT LETTERWRITERS NEEDED
An editorial by Beth Deisher in the October 28, 2002
issue of Coin World is a plea for collectors to write
letters in support of efforts to save "The Granite Lady,"
the old San Francisco Mint building. Built in 1874, the
mint was a center of the Gold Rush economy and was
one of the few major buildings to survive the disastrous
1906 earthquake."If coin collectors are serious about the Granite Lady
rising from its current state of emptiness to a full-fledged
Gold Rush/numismatic museum, we have to stand up
and be counted now.""Letters supporting a Gold Rush/numismatic focus for
the Old San Francisco Mint will literally be worth Atheir
weight in gold. Address them to Old Mint Task Force,
c/o Ms. Hala Hijazi, Project Manager of the Mayor's
Office of Economic Development, 1 Dr. Carlton B.
Goodlett Place, Room 448, San Francisco, CA 94102,
or e-mail hala.hijazi at sfgov.org."Do it now! For more information, see the full text of
the editorial on the Coin World web site:
http://www.coinworld.com/News/102802/Editorial.asp- 2002-10-20
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