How many active coin-producing U.S. Mint facilities are there today?
Answerfour
They are located in Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco and West Point.
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In one recent year, about how many coins did the U.S. Mint produce?
Answerabout 28 billion
The Mint's annual output varies a lot year to year based on demand for circulating coins.
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The Royal Numismatic Society, one of the oldest coin-collecting societies, was founded in what year?
Answer1836
It's a British learned society still active today, publishing research on coins and medals.
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Which Renaissance-era scholar is credited as an early European coin collector, presenting a Roman coin collection to an emperor in 1355?
AnswerPetrarch
Petrarch is often described as the first Renaissance coin collector after villagers brought him old coins to identify.
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