Hello, This week I was supposed to answer some questions from one of the Hiltons but, the chief didn't give me the letter they sent to the newsroom yet. So, sorry about that to whichever Hilton has been sending me questions. I forgot to ask the chief to bring the letter over and I think he forgot about it too. Since I'm pretty sure he has read this by now, I think I should be able to get to your question by the next time my column goes in.

I'm thinking that some of you have no idea what in the heck I'm talking about and, I'm not going to explain! I thought that rather than explaining, I should maybe get to this column instead.

Actually, I am going to rely on that one site that I use when I don't get questions, or when my concentration isn't working right. I am going to give you a few interesting coin facts from the site that I used a few weeks ago, usmint.gov. The last time I think I ended at number 20, which shows how many times I've relied on this website. It helps me out when I can't think of an idea and really, it does give good information too.

As a reminder, this part of the website is supposed to be for kids but I think it helps out everyone who is involved with coins or who wants to know about them.

Finally, here are the next five coin facts:

21. The First Director was a scientist and astronomer. The first Mint Director, David Rittenhouse, was a famous Philadelphia scientist and astronomer who was appointed by President Washington in 1792. His first public service, in 1763, had been to settle a boundary dispute between Lord Baltimore of Maryland and the Penn Family of Pennsylvania. Mason and Dixon later confirmed his boundary lines.

22. "In God We Trust" was first used on coins during the Civil War. This inscription was added to the two-cent piece of 1864. But it didn't become necessary to add it to all coins until 1955. The inscription "E Pluribus Unum," which means "One from Many" (as in one country made from many states) was first used on the gold $5 piece of 1795.

23. Where's the world's biggest mint? The Philadelphia Mint, the fourth United States Mint in that city since 1792, is the world's largest mint, covering over 5 acres of ground. Almost 400,000 people visited it last year, breaking all visitor records.

24. Coins last a lot longer than bills. The life expectancy of a circulating coin is 30 years, while paper money usually only lasts for 18 months. Now you see why using Golden dollars instead of dollar bills makes a lot of sense!

25. Two Philadelphia Mint workers are over 90 years old. All U.S. coins are engraved at the Philadelphia Mint, which uses Janvier transfer-engraving machines to reduce the large engraving models to actual coin size. Two of the machines still in use are over 90 years old.

That is all for this time. To the Hilton who mailed me the things, I am going to make sure to get that soon. Thanks for being patient about it and thanks to everyone else for reading Coin Corner.