Mary Margaret O'Reilly
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Mary Margaret O'Reilly was an American civil servant who served as the assistant director of the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1924 until 1938. One of the United States government's highest-ra
O'Reilly in the 1910s
O'Reilly and C.M. Hester, Treasury Assistant General Counsel, testify before Congress, August 1935
Buffalo nickel
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The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel is a copper–nickel five-cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser.
Mary Margaret O'Reilly
…nickels for the remainder of the year, resulting in a total mintage for the 1931–S of 1,200,000, still the second-lowest by date and mint mark in the Buffalo nickel series. When the Democratic Roosevelt administration took office in 1933, O'Reilly was serving as acting director following Grant's resignation. President…
NNC US 1913 5C Buffalo Nickel
NNC US 1913 5C Buffalo Nickel
Franklin MacVeagh, Secretary of the Treasury under Taft. A letter to him by his son may have been the genesis of the Buffalo nickel.