MONEY: Associations

American Numismatic Association
http://www.money.org/

A nonprofit, educational organization chartered by the United States Congress to promote the study and collection of money, including coins, tokens, medals and paper currency, for research, interpretation and preservation of history and culture from ancient times to the present.

The American Numismatic Society
http://www.amnumsoc.org/

The mission of this organization is the study and appreciation of coins, medals and related objects of all cultures as historical and artistic documents. The site offers a literature/library search, historical information, as well as a variety of collections including Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval, Islamic, East and South Asian, Latin American, and the United States.

Government Agencies

U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
http://www.moneyfactory.com/section.cfm/2/314

Begun in 1861, the Bureau became the sole producer of all United States currency in 1877. For additional information see the section on the Bureau in the Wikipedia.

U.S. Mint
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/mint_history

The Mint was created by Congress on April 12, 1792, with the passage of the The Coinage Act. Additional information on the United States Mint may be found in the Wikipedia.

Information on digitized collections in the Library of Congress that include information on the establishment of the Mint, such as A Century of Lawmaking and Printed Ephemera, is available by searching for "U.S. Mint" in the Library of Congress American Memory site. To locate digitized images of U.S. mint buildings, search the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.

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Woman posed with stack of packages of $1 silver certificates at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C. [between ca. 1950 and ca. 1969]

U.S. Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/

The site includes:

Treasurers of the United States
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/history/treasurers/index.html

Secretaries of the Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/history/secretaries/index.html

Important Events in Treasury History
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/history/events/03-mar.html