The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization Mint celebrates more than state's 150th anniversary Many of the silver and gold investment coins are individually minted by applying 600 tons of pressure to the blanks.Īll coins go through a polishing process to ensure they sparkle when they reach the hands of buyers. “The Denver Mint makes stuff like this,” said Vugteveen, pulling a coin from his pocket.

Some of the mint owners from whom he bought coins said if he thought it was so easy, then he should do it himself. Hansen moved most of Northwest Territorial Mint’s production operations to this facility.Īccording to Vugteveen, Hansen had been an investor who was disappointed in the quality of bullion coins. The company, long based in New York City, has been producing medallions since 1903. In 2009, the company purchased the Medallic Art Co. Northwest Territorial Mint was founded in Seattle in 1984 by Ross Hansen, who still runs the company.

It comes in, we do the work and it goes out.” “You don’t want to advertise to people who might think there is a lot of gold and silver here. They make it sound like the building houses some kind of art supply or trophy business. While there are no Northwest Territorial Mint signs outside the building, there are Medallic Art signs. With this kind of wealth lying around, one doesn’t make it easy for unsavory characters to discover the mint “at the end of a road to nowhere,” said Rob Vugteveen, special assistant to the company’s CEO and founder, Ross Hansen. It produces coins for several foreign countries, gold and silver bullion coins, bronze stars and most other medals for members of the military, the Boy Scouts and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. This is the largest private mint in the United States. You won’t find any signs marking the location of the Northwest Territorial Mint. This article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal profiles the Northwest Territorial Mint.

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