S 1881
109th Congress
Senate
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San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 2006
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 18, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Oct 18, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11478-11479)
Oct 18, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11479)
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Plain-English summary
San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 gold coins and 500,000 $1 silver coins emblematic of the San Francisco Old Mint Building, its importance to California and U.S. history, and its role in rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Requires that all surcharges received by the Secretary from such coin sales be promptly paid to the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society to rehabilitate the Historic Old Mint in San Francisco as a city museum and an American Coin and Gold Rush Museum.
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Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1881: San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1881/
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