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Valued Member
United States
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My family and I are going to western Pennsylvania next month for a wedding, and I thought I'd swing by the mint on the way back home. Since we've never been, I thought some folks here may can give me some advice/pointers that I may not be aware of. Like:
-Is parking a big issue? Any suggestions?
-Is the gift shop a rip off or a decent bargain?
-Can we take pictures with our kids?
-Anything else I might not know to ask about.
Thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
745 Posts |
was Philadelphia Mint closed for tours for a certain time frame, I am not sure?
better check before you go
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1193 Posts |
Subscribed! I was thinking of doing the same! All input is much appreciated :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I did the tour last year...pretty boring. Don't expect much.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My family and I are going to western Pennsylvania next month for a wedding, and I thought I'd swing by the mint on the way back home. Since we've never been, I thought some folks here may can give me some advice/pointers that I may not be aware of. Like:
-Is parking a big issue? Any suggestions?
-Is the gift shop a rip off or a decent bargain?
-Can we take pictures with our kids?
-Anything else I might not know to ask about. Parking is difficult in the area closest to the Liberty Bell, you might have to try Race or Vine Sts.closer over to Chinatown, avoid parking under or near the elevated expressway or north of it, the neighborhood gets iffy rapidly. The gift shop is run by Aramark, so there is considerable overhead on souvenirs that can be gotten elsewhere cheaper. They do have decent selection hobby related products, albums, coin tubes, etc. The one saving grace is the sales counter for current US Mint products, exactly like the web catalogue. The salespeople are generally friendly and attentive to collectors and will bring out several coins or sets for the customer to choose from. They stock just about everything, from this year's proof sets to the expensive PM proofs without household order limits. It's a Federal facility, so no pictures allowed. Also you have go through a metal detector, even for the gift store. Oh yes, there should be a quarter exchange machine in the store that has the latest ATB Quarter. Get a couple of dollars worth, one less album hole to fill later. Enjoy! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Know matter where you go in philly your always gonna have a tuff time parking pay to park in a garage or park at a train station and take the subway whatever you do don't pay a bum to watch your car or wash your windows lol oh and stop by Philadelphia pretzels factory and get you some pretzels go to pats not ginos and wawa is Tue bomb for meatball sandwiches
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New Member
United States
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While you're in the neighborhood, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank (corner of 6th and Arch) has an interesting (and educational) display on money in their lobby called "Money in Motion." They also gave little bags of shredded money to my kids...
Slightly off topic, if you're a foodie, Honey's Sit-N-Eat (located nearby in the Northern Liberties area) was featured on the Food Networks' "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives." It certainly is a dive, but the food is fantastic (and pretty cheap).
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks guys! Your perspectives have been some help!
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Valued Member
United States
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I live in Philly. When I go to the mint I park on Race Street (between 5th and 4th) next to the mint. Always find a space. I go later in the afternoon. If you're a tourist, park you car below 5th street and walk around. Nothing is far from anything in Center City. The mint tour is nice, the gift shop people have always been pleasant but remember to have a photo ID to get into the mint.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's a Federal facility, so no pictures allowed. I don't know if they are strict as they used to be. It used to be you were not allowed to even carry camera in and that meant no cellphone cameras either. And they did NOT have any secure place for you to store your camera or phone. You had to either take it all the way back to your car, or hide it in the bushes and hope it was still there when you came out. For awhile they was a guy who had a business outside the mint renting storage space for your camera and/or phone but I think he either quit or they ran him off. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm from philly too I used to work at the navy yard so I would always park there and take a cab to center city I'm in the military stationed in Alaska right now I'll be there for the coin show in august I need a wawa meatball classic and a yuengling lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Check out the graveyard accross the street. We enjoyed that as much as the mint.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Lol bumbs drinking in there
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Valued Member
United States
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Hmm. They never asked me about my cellphone camera. I didn't think to ask. Haven't seen the guy outside.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Where they having the coin show at the wells Fargo center
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Posted 06/19/2012 9:45 pm
