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04-28-2011, 12:20 PM
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential $1 Coin Goes Into Circulation May 19
04-27-2011 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/default.jpg WASHINGTON - May 19 marks the anniversary of General Ulysses S. Grant's campaign in 1863 to take the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Nearly a century and a half later, the United States Mint will release to the Federal Reserve Banks a new $1 coin struck in honor of Grant, who went on to become the Nation's 18th President. To observe the coin's release, the United States Mint, in conjunction with the National Park Service, will hold a special launch ceremony and coin exchange on May 19 at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri.
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04-27-2011 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/default.jpg WASHINGTON - May 19 marks the anniversary of General Ulysses S. Grant's campaign in 1863 to take the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Nearly a century and a half later, the United States Mint will release to the Federal Reserve Banks a new $1 coin struck in honor of Grant, who went on to become the Nation's 18th President. To observe the coin's release, the United States Mint, in conjunction with the National Park Service, will hold a special launch ceremony and coin exchange on May 19 at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri.
More... ( http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&ID=1239 )