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Date____________________

Use the following link to answer the questions on the minting process.
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_tours/?action=VTShell
1. Name at least three of the field sites that the United States has for minting.
-Denver, Colorado
-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
-San Francisco, California
-West Point, New York
-Fort Knox, Kentucky
2. Name the 6 types of coins that the United States produces.
-One cent (penny)
-Five cents (nickel)
-Ten cents (dime)
-Twenty-five cents (quarter)
-Fifty cents (half-dollar)
-One dollar coin
3. What 4 inscriptions are mandated by law to appear on all circulating coins?
-Liberty
-In God We Trust
-United States of America
-E Pluribus Unum
4. What are the three items/steps used in creating a coin?
-1. Drawing the coin
-2. Sculptors designing and sculpt designs using software tools
-3. Plaster (displays fine detail) is poured over the clay model

Create your own product that you will barter in the classroom. You will discuss why chose that
product and how you made it. Discuss the value of your product and its use. Explain in the space
provided.