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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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So, my family of 5 are going on a trip to Colorado and I wanted to stop and see the mint. I checked it yesterday and saw that there was no openings, so I stayed up until midnight to check. Still, no openings, not even the ones 30 days in advance. Is there a set time where the tour is availible to be singed up? Sorry if this is typed really badly, I need to get to bed  . Well, good night  |
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New Member
United States
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I toured the Denver Mint about 6 weeks ago. I was visiting my daughter and she got reservations for 4 of us 1 or 2 days in advance. Either we got real lucky, its busy-busy season, or they've suspended tours for some reason. You might give them a call. As for the tour itself, it was interesting and informative, but only lasted 60-90 min. I could have spent all day reading the displays and watching coins be born (at jackhammer rates). They even give out a free sealed sample of a penny and a planchet (or penny-wanna-be to my non-collecting friends).  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You better get pics and start a thread like my CC mint one if you go child!  |
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New Member
United States
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If you bring a camera or phone you can keep it with you, but they don't allow any pictures inside the building.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Does one also need to make tour appointments/sign ups for tours at the Philadelphia mint?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Makes cents sense I guess
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Moderator
 United States
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The Philadelphia Mint (which is walking distance from where I live, for the record) has a self-guided walkthrough tour not subject to reservations. It has a gallery a couple stories above the production floor to watch the process, and exhibits for instruction. You just show up and walk in, unless there are already 3,000 schoolchildren in front of you, in which case you try another day.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you bring a camera or phone you can keep it with you, but they don't allow any pictures inside the building. Well they have gotten better then. It used to be that you couldn't bring them into the building, and they didn't have any place you could store them. You had to either take them back to you car or hide them in the bushes. For awhile an enterprising man created a cart full of lockboxes and rented storage space fro phones and cameras outside the mint, until the Mint Police forced him to leave. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Quote:You better get pics and start a thread like my CC mint one if you go child! Welp, I stayed up until 1 this morning (I realized that Denver was a time zone to the left!), and I didn't get anything. Tours open at 8, so maybe here in a few minites i'll get luck... If not, then I will defenetly start a thread like your CC mint tour about the ANA museum! That's my back up |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just wait until the close for the day and break in. That way you can make your own tour. |
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Posted 06/22/2015 10:31 am
