Press releases and Public Statements from the United States Mint are available below. To view click on the date of the press release:

• December, 15, 1997
  PLATINUM AMERICAN EAGLE SURPASSES 105,000 OUNCES
• November, 12, 1997
  PLATINUM AMERICAN EAGLE SOARS ABOVE 85,000 OUNCES
• September, 23, 1997
  MINT RELEASES FIRST U.S. PLATINUM BULLION COINS
• September, 16, 1997
  NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL COIN DESIGNS UNVEILED
• September, 4, 1997
  GOLD AMERICAN EAGLE SURPASSES 7-MILLION OUNCE MILESTONE
• September, 3, 1997
  MINT SELECTS NEW ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE
• August, 12, 1997
  MINT AUCTION OF SOLD-OUT SETS AT ANA CONVENTION INDICATES STRONG VALUES IN SECONDARY MARKET
• August, 12, 1997
  AMERICAN EAGLE CONTINUES DOMINANCE AS WORLD'S BEST SELLING GOLD BULLION COIN
• August, 1, 1997
  OLYMPIC SALES FIGURES REVEAL LOWEST LEVELS FOR MODERN COMMEMORATIVES
• July, 10, 1997
  MINT RELEASES PROOF PLATINUM SALES
• July, 8, 1997
  1997 U.S. MINT CUSTOMER SERVICE SURVEY RELEASED
• June, 27, 1997
  MINT ANNOUNCES SELLOUT OF 5,000 IMPRESSIONS OF LIBERTY™ SETS AND 8,000 FOUR COIN PROOF PLATINUM SETS
• June, 27, 1997
  TENTH-OUNCE PROOF GOLD EAGLE SELLS OUT
• June, 13, 1997
  U.S. MINT ANNOUNCES JACKIE ROBINSON ‘LEGACY SET'
• June, 9, 1997
  AMERICAN EAGLE IS NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD
• June, 4, 1997
  MINT ANNOUNCES UNLIMITED FDR TWO-COIN SET
• May, 13, 1997
  JACKIE ROBINSON HONORED WITH GOLD COMMEMORATIVE COIN
• May, 13, 1997
  MINT ANNOUNCES SELLOUT OF 1996 PROOF SILVER EAGLE
• May, 6, 1997
  DENVER MINT RECEIVES U.S. MINT'S SIXTH HAMMER AWARD AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITYACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• May, 1, 1997
  MINT DIRECTOR STRIKES PRODUCTION RUN PLATINUM PROOF COINS
• April, 30, 1997
  U.S. MINT INTRODUCES FDR COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COIN
• March, 26, 1997
  UNITED STATES SELECTS HONEYWELL TO IMPLEMENT HISTORIC ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT
• March, 24, 1997
  BOTANIC GARDEN PRESTIGE SET SELLS OUT
• March, 4, 1997
  BOTANIC GARDEN COINAGE & CURRENCY SET SELLS OUT
• February, 26, 1997
  MINT ANNOUNCES ORDER PROCESSING PROCEDURES FOR BOTANIC GARDEN COINAGE & CURRENCY SET
• February, 21, 1997
  U.S. BOTANIC GARDEN COMMEMORATIVE SILVER DOLLAR NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE U.S. MINT
• February, 8, 1997
  CITIZENS COMMEMORATIVE COIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARS TWO NEW COIN PROPOSALS
• February, 6, 1997
  AMERICAN EAGLE SALES SOAR
• January, 14, 1997
  1996 - IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR - FOR THE U.S. MINT
• January, 10, 1997
  TREASURY SECRETARY APPROVES DESIGNS FOR U.S. BOTANIC GARDEN COMMEMORATIVE SILVER DOLLAR
• January, 6, 1997
  TREASURY SECRETARY AUTHORIZES MINT TO PRODUCE .9995 PLATINUM COINS
• April, 11, 1996
  MINT CUTS PROOF GOLD EAGLE MINTAGES DRAMATICALLY