Word: minting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Loyal subjects who have wondered why George V seems to have a dirty face on so many silver coins were enlightened by Sir Robert Johnson, Comptroller of the Royal Mint. Recalling that the silver content was decreased in 1920 from 925 parts in 1,000 to only 500 parts, Sir Robert shrugged: "The result is all those dirty coins you see today. The thin covering of fine silver wears off and leaves a dirty patch on the King's cheek. We have now developed a new alloy to make the coins wear the same color all through...
...take himself a shade less seriously than the old sheiks used to do-help, not to modernize the picture, but to give it a certain wistful charm. The memory of Rudolph Valentino is still green in Hollywood. In The Sheik (1921) he coined a U. S. epithet and a mint of money for Paramount. The Barbarian is more than a belated imitation; like some of the songs which Jamil sings it is a plaintive serenade, begging audiences not to forget an old favorite. Most inevitable shot: Myrna Loy, dreamily indignant, slicing Novarro's cheek with a camel whip...
...week. He had already made Frances Perkins the country's first female Cabinet member by appointing her Madam Secretary of Labor. He had made Ruth Bryan Owen first U. S. woman envoy by appointing her Madam Minister to Denmark. Now, to be the first Madam Director of the Mint he chose, and the Senate confirmed. Nellie Tayloe Ross, hardy Wyoming plains-woman who in 1925 had the distinction of being first U. S. woman Governor when she filled the vacancy left by her deceased husband. Madam Director Ross has been a potent Democratic lady ever since she joined...
...British Royal Mint not only does not stamp a promise of any kind on gold coins but even omits to stamp what the thing is. Thus the latest English gold sovereigns (not issued since 1917) are not stamped "One Sovereign" and have nothing on them to indicate what they may be worth. On one side St. George, mounted, slays a dragon with his knightly sword. On the other side the head of George V. uncrowned, is surmounted not by an English promise but by a Latin abbreviation: Georgiuns V D. G. Britt: Omn: Rex D. F. Inde...
...Mint. While scrip poured forth in The Bronx, the U. S. Mint in Philadelphia calmly pursued its routine coinage of pennies and $20 gold pieces. Said an official: ''We have no orders with regard to the present situation. This is just a factory...