United States Mint Launches Millard Fillmore Presidential $1 Coin February 18

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Feb 12, 2010, 05:52 ET

Event in Moravia, NY, will be first opportunity to get newest Presidential $1 Coin

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The newest Presidential $1 Coin bearing the image of President Millard Fillmore will be launched on Thursday, February 18in ceremonies in Moravia, NY. The special ceremony will be held at 10 am Eastern Time at Moravia Central School, near former President Fillmore's birthplace in Locke (now Summerhill), NY. United States Mint Deputy Director Andrew Brunhart will join Cayuga County Historian Sheila Tucker and local educator John Haight for the event.

Following the ceremony, the public can exchange their paper currency for the new Millard Fillmore Presidential $1 Coin. Those 18 years and younger will receive a new Millard Fillmore Presidential $1 Coin to commemorate the event. The event is open to the public and the news media.

WHAT: Presentation of the Millard Fillmore Presidential $1 Coin and Coin Exchange

WHO: Andy Brunhart, Deputy Director, United States Mint

Sheila Tucker, Historian, Cayuga County

John Haight, Middle School Teacher, Master of Ceremonies

WHEN: Thursday, February 18, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (ET)

WHERE: Moravia Central School

68 South Main Street

Moravia, NY 13118

The Millard Fillmore Presidential $1 Coin will be available at banks and financial institutions beginning February 18. The coin is the 13th release in the United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin Program. The Presidential Dollar Coin Act of 2005 directed that the Nation honor its presidents by issuing four presidential dollar coins each year beginning in 2007. The coins are issued in the order that the presidents served in office. For a digital image of the Millard Fillmore Presidential $1 Coin, go to:

http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=photo#Pres

SOURCE United States Mint