HG 451 .A2 1964/65-19674ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office SIR: In compliance with the provisions of section 345 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, I have the honor to submit a report on the operations of the Mints, the Assay Offices, and the Bullion Depositories of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1965. This is the Ninety-third Annual Report of the Director of the Mint since the establishment in 1873 of the Bureau of the Mint in the Department of the Treasury. Annual reports of Mint activities, however, have been made since the first Mint was authorized in 1792. The annual report of this Bureau on United States production and consumption of gold and silver for the calendar year 1964 is also submitted. Respectfully, Hon. HENRY H. FOWLER, Secretary of the Treasury. Eva Adams, Director of the Mint. iii CONTENTS Page CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS JULY-DECEMBER 1965 CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON COIN SHORTAGE. 6-14 Tables on operations of the Bureau of the Mint, fiscal year 1. United States coins manufactured... 2. Number of coins manufactured by the Philadelphia 3. Shipments of United States coins for circulation. 4. Summary of uncurrent United States silver and minor coins withdrawn from circulation. 7. Gold transactions of the Bureau of the Mint, value at 8. Silver bullion transactions of the Bureau of the Mint, Tables on operations of the Bureau of the Mint, calendar 13. United States coins manufactured. . . 14. Specifications of coins manufactured during calen- dar year 1964 and fiscal year 1965 .... |