NUMISMATIC COLLECTION AT MINT HQ? Publique Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 2, January 9, 2000, Article 10
NUMISMATIC COLLECTION AT MINT HQ?
In an interview in the January 4, 2000 issue of Numismatic
News, U.S. Mint Director Philip N. Diehl remarks: "I very
much want to see a new home for American numismatics.
What I'm really talking about here is a visitor's center and/or
museum here in Washington, D.C., that pays tribute to the
American coin collector and to numismatics...There has been a lot of talk about the National Numismatic
Collection and the fact that there hasn't been a great deal
invested in it over the last several years. We have been
talking to the Smithsonian about the possibility of entering
into an agreement that would allow the Mint to take a more
active role in that collection."The new Mint headquarters building was designed to have
a visitor's center on the ground floor. It would be an
interesting turn of events to see part of the collection come
full circle and return to the Mint, where it was started
(albeit in Philadelphia, not Washington). Having driven
past the building this spring while it was under construction,
I can attest to the fact that it is a substantial structure, located
at the edge of Washington's Chinatown, with plenty of
restaurants nearby.- 2000-01-09
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