For two months employees of the San Francisco Federal Mint worked behind the bullet-proof enclosuresmaking more than 10 million coins for the Chinese government. After the mint in Shanghai closed, the Chinese sent 150 tons of silver and copper alloys to San Francisco so that the money could be made. More than 3,000,000 dollars and twice as many half-dollars were ordered. The photograph shows Peter J. Haggerty, Superintendent of the Mint, looking over part of the production of Chinese coins.
- Parte de Records of the U.S. Mint, Photographs of Mint Operations
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