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Why Did The SF Mint Stop Minting Circulating Coins?

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If the U.S. Mint couldn't expand the San Francisco facility because of the expense, perhaps some other place would be cost effective. Carson City, Nevada comes to mind. (I dream about this.)
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The San Francisco mint does have room to expand, but they would lose their parking lot. They could expand and still incorporate a parking facility into the expansion. Their current building only covers a little over half of the block with the parking lot behind it.

The Old San Francisco Mint does take up it's entire block.

It's kind of hard to get information on the current mint. Every time you do a search about all you get is information on the old mint. Had some trouble finding out what it's actual address was.
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Image courtesy of Google Maps: The parking lot is sizeable, but no one here like the idea of losing parking. The rail tracks to the south are part of MUNI (the tunnel goes downtown, to the northeast) so there is public transit immediately available. Getting people to use it (who already aren't) is no easy task.

That said, increasing the size of the facility (or re/opening another location) feels like a non-starter at the onset. It would cost way too much, especially with declining overall demand.

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