#DENVER MINT TOUR FREE#
Pick up your free tour ticket at the tour booth, located by the Gift Shop entrance on Cherokee Street, tucked in between West Colfax and 14th Avenue. RequirementsĬhildren must be 7 years or older. Please arrive 30 minutes before the scheduled tour time. Six tours are typically held per day, lasting about 45 minutes.Īdults need photo IDs. Everyone on the tour gets a free bag of shredded dollars. There’s a Mint Gift Shop, with unique souvenirs and historic coins. See how the United States Government produces billions of coins every year. Photo: jcsullivan24įree guided tours are offered year-round. United States Mint Tour at Denver Facility United States Mint in Denver. Commemorative coins as authorized by Congress.Numismatic products, such as annual uncirculated coin sets.It’s one of the top ten places to visit in the metro area. Listed on the national and Denver historic register, it’s modeled after the Medici Riccardi Palazzo, a Renaissance palace located in Florence, Italy. The Denver Mint is one of the most historic buildings in Colorado. They share in producing the circulating coins with the Philadelphia Mint, which covers the eastern half of the country, while Denver takes care of the west. Today, the Denver Mint makes coin dies, stores silver bullion and mints coins. Once the gold was discovered, there needed to be a place to make amazing gold coins. On April 21, 1862, the Denver Mint was established. The Mint is located at West Colfax Avenue and Delaware Street in downtown Denver.ĭenver was founded in 1859, a year after gold was first discovered in Colorado. The United States Mint has been manufacturing money in Denver for nearly as long as the city has been around. While there is no timeline of when the tours may start again, you can check their website for updates. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Denver Mint Tour is currently closed.
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