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12-05-2008, 06:40 AM
Hometown Crowd Turns Out for Launch of Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coin
12-04-2008 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/default.jpg KINDERHOOK, N.Y. - President Martin Van Buren admirers braved the frigid weather today in a ceremony held at the Kinderhook Cemetery in Kinderhook, N.Y., on the anniversary of his birth, to witness the inauguration of the Presidential $1 Coin bearing his image. The event included a ceremonial "pour" of hundreds of shiny new Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coins by United States Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart, Kinderhook Mayor Bill Van Alstyne and others. Following the ceremony, participants lined up to exchange their paper bills for $25 rolls of Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coins. Children 18 years old and younger received a free coin.
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12-04-2008 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/default.jpg KINDERHOOK, N.Y. - President Martin Van Buren admirers braved the frigid weather today in a ceremony held at the Kinderhook Cemetery in Kinderhook, N.Y., on the anniversary of his birth, to witness the inauguration of the Presidential $1 Coin bearing his image. The event included a ceremonial "pour" of hundreds of shiny new Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coins by United States Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart, Kinderhook Mayor Bill Van Alstyne and others. Following the ceremony, participants lined up to exchange their paper bills for $25 rolls of Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coins. Children 18 years old and younger received a free coin.
More... ( http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&ID=967 )