Julie and I are enjoying a week in San Francisco and Ihad an opportunity to tour the Old Mint building over the weekend with the San Francisco Museum& Historical Society.

The building itself remains a magnificent landmark but has recently become the focus of a legalbattle between historical societies vying for control as well as responsibility for improvementplans and future use.

A neat experience spending time in the Old Mint and thinking about standing where people droppedoff scrap silver and came back for the ingots I now treasure.

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MintOf The United States At San Francisco Tour(silveringot.blogspot.com/2014/10/mint-of-united-states-at-san-francisco.html)