"I have no idea what this is" The inscription on the building says United States Mint 😑🤯🤦‍♂️

@TheMightyAgency

3 жыл бұрын

I think they thought it's a flavor. It's a factory to make the mint concentrate. Ah, so minty.

@vacciniumaugustifolium1420

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMightyAgency 😂

@vision-gc4hy

3 жыл бұрын

lol. I know.

@jeffw8218

3 жыл бұрын

That’s Leftists for ya.

@kasenasa2271

2 жыл бұрын

instablaster...

It only says United States Mint in huge letters etched onto it

@acarnold

3 жыл бұрын

People too busy looking down at their darn phones to look up and see! ;)

@marshallkrabs3348

3 жыл бұрын

people are something else, it literally says it on the fucking building.

@olneymaryland77

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, are we that illiterate? Or people think mints are just for after diner?

@sfchris

3 жыл бұрын

In all fairness, several of the people she asked sounded like tourists.

@danieloshea3326

Жыл бұрын

People are reee-tarrr-ded

I hope the building doesn't actually say "United States Mint" on it, and yet so many people have no idea what it is?

@timbeckman1134

3 жыл бұрын

It does, in fact, say United States Mint on the building in clear view from the sidewalk where everyone being interviewed was standing

@selinovaldes

3 жыл бұрын

I always wondered what that big building by the water marked “Ferry Building” is. 🤔

@charlesshreeve319

3 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered what those buildings were that the funny white trucks come out of that bring the stuff that they put in our mailboxes.

@RTWGraphics

3 жыл бұрын

It's San Francisco. They're just concerned wether or not it's gender neutral.

@hamaljay

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to America.

The Name is on the building!!! Lmao

@267cal

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@toordog1753

4 жыл бұрын

The fool asks if they make money at a mint? Lolololol

@charlesshreeve319

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to today's public - the Marching Morons.

@befuddled2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@toordog1753 Probably thought it was a candy factory.

@stevec7770

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesshreeve319 yep ignorant fools

when I lived in SF everyone knew what the building was. I only moved 5 years ago after living there for 20 years. I'm pretty sure they just needed to make interesting content. It's more compelling if no one knows what the building is.

@Josh-ut4wv

3 жыл бұрын

well also the lack of their coins going out for public use doesn't help their cause as the amount of coins you can find in your spare change with the s mint mark is nothing short of a miracle these days.

@PreciousBoxer

3 жыл бұрын

That's mainstream media for ya. More and more people are banking electronically these days so it probably wouldn't be too difficult to find these individuals.

This was a fantastic video and very accurate with the information presented...cough...cough...I used to work there and there is a whole bunch of stuff with that building that no one ever sees not probably ever will. However, something of interest is that there are 44 coins “galvanos” around the outside of the mint. Each galvano represents a coin that was made in San Francisco at the time the mint was built in about 1935. Another fun fact is the northeast corner of the building points directly to the dome of city hall. Anyways. I hope they open the building up for tours someday. It has beautiful Art Deco designs in the lobby. A true monument to the hardworking folks during the Great Depression💰

@nunyabiznass4702

2 жыл бұрын

i wanna hear the goods! cough cough 😉

@tenecaw5253

2 жыл бұрын

Dope..tell me more

@kconnor4568

12 күн бұрын

Seriously. You want to know when the mint will start open for tours!!,,! Guess what, you should go to the website and read it . Unless you either you don’t have the internet or you can’t find the website. It’s very easy, just open your computer, click on the browser, write in UNITED STATES MINT, open the link and then ( maybe, but type in San Francisco) you can either go to the website for San Francisco that should be able to click on the website that you want.

Those are our future leaders, the young people who don’t know what the building is even with it’s name printed on the side!

@bigtxbullion

3 жыл бұрын

Nah. Someones gotta lead and they wont be a common consumer walking down the street. We need lots of consumers for this economy to work and the more oblivious the better. 🤑🇺🇲🏛👊

@kap1526

3 жыл бұрын

You need to understand the video would be way more boring if people knew what the building was. There fore when they asked them what that building was, they only included response from people that had no clue what that building was. Most people that walk around there will know what that is. Otherwise it would literally defeat the purpose of this "educational" video and you could have end it after minute one.

@DaveLynchJazzGuitar

Ай бұрын

God help this country !!!

I wondered what the building was and then I read it! I must be a god damn genius!!!

I lived in San Francisco fourty years ago. For a while I lived on Market Street just a couple of blocks away from the building. It surprises me that someone who lives in San Francisco doesn't know that the building is the US Mint. Everybody did when I lived there.

That’s so sad the newbie people in SF can’t read. The building says what it is. Plus, it’s a historical building here. I went there on a field trip in 1987 from Oakland. Beautiful place. They let each kid stamp their own penny

@jmoney7289

Жыл бұрын

There is no way they let you stamp your own penny

Nice job on this, news that’s actually not negative. Good reporting thank you

Some of my favorite coins in my collection are called "impaired proofs", which means they were for some reason or other removed from proof sets and spent at face value. Mostly quarters, but every now and then I find a dime or half that was from a set.

@keywellcoinsmafiametals8726

3 жыл бұрын

When I can find some good deals on ebay or at my local coin shop. If I can get impaired proofs close to face value. I buy them to spend! Especially the gold dollars are a lot of fun

@ShawnTheRazor

11 ай бұрын

I just found a 1985 proof nickel that was in circulation. It looks absolutely perfect and def stood out.

This is a very informative and interesting piece of financial history. Thanks for sharing!

It literally says US Mint.

I just went there today! It was very cool. I'm glad you guys made a video of the history!

I knew this was a US Mint since I was a kid. Smh. I guess it's because I was born n raised in the city.

@CalShanahanSF49ers

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Me too. They clearly asked the gentrifiers

@gunslingingbird74

3 жыл бұрын

@@CalShanahanSF49ers Whaaaat?!? A woman with an Australian accent in SF is a gentrifier??? Whodda thunk!

@CalShanahanSF49ers

3 жыл бұрын

@@gunslingingbird74 u obviously want some male attention.. who would've thunk you'd turn to KZread to find it 🏳️‍🌈

"So do you want to know the short answer to what it is?" "Sure" "Drumroll...It's a U.S. mint." It literally says "UNITED STATES MINT" in huge letters on it.

The SF mint is considered the premiere US mint. There's official US mint facilities in Denver and Philadelphia , also .All of our coins come from these but the SF mint makes proof coins for collectors as well

@jmoney7289

Жыл бұрын

What ya know about west point

Very informative, thanks for sharing!

...my brother worked there in the late 70's.

@celtekrider2

5 жыл бұрын

Thats so cool! He worked there right around the 1974 transition ill bet! What did he do there?

@ohd00bley

5 жыл бұрын

Prairie Bilton - I haven't a clue! You're correct about the timing of him working there, in fact you approximation of the time he worked there is better than mine. He retired from the SSA.

They don't taste like mints.

@pixelpusher2219

3 жыл бұрын

this 1950 s penny sure doesnt taste like mint

@DallasLL

3 жыл бұрын

Tastes like Safeway

Thank you for the Great video

Thank you for such a nice program! It is important for young people to learn! I was shocked so many people had no idea.

@fjb4932

3 жыл бұрын

It's best you don't learn how little they know. And even more how little they care to know. Idiocracy ...

knowledge is definitely the key here bc i learned something!!

The name is on the building on huge print.

@6sfo

3 жыл бұрын

Well when you are DRIVING down the road past it you can hardly read it. It's not fair to make us pull our heads up from the GPS. Isn't anyone in the media from here anymore?

That was beyond amazing

Very cool! Thanks! :)

Awesome vid

A really interesting video to watch :D

The SF Mint, printing so much money, a home costs over $1 Million in the city.

very informative. there’s so much to know about the bay area. thank you.

I remember that building I used to deliver to Starbucks in the close shopping center

I didn't know there was so much demand for commemorative coin sets that a mint with so many employees would be dedicated just to making them!

What's the place that tells you what it is on the front of it? This vid speaks volumes about the folks that still live in SF

Cool thanks

We went there for school field trips 60's-70's.

@martybraga4832

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing, went on a field trip there in the late 70's. They gave us each a freshly minted penny as a souvenir

@michaellittlewood3032

3 жыл бұрын

@@martybraga4832 Oh yeah good memory. I managed to keep that penny until just a few years ago. Peace fellow S F. Mint field tripper

What is this place? What do they do there? "Secretive governmental thiinnngss"

@NandiCollector

4 жыл бұрын

classic answer ;)

@jeffw8218

3 жыл бұрын

BlueAnon in full effect

Coupla years late getting here, but I'd like to say Job Well Done!

I worked there from 1984 to 1991. The one on Herman st San Francisco. Started at the mint on 5th and Mission

@uo9zzzyxwvutsrqp0nmkjihgfe43

2 жыл бұрын

is it easy to get a job here? I wanna work here.

@annettevega3141

2 жыл бұрын

No not really. Once your in its cool its a federal government job a lot of back round check your dealing with money. You have to have a real clean record

Great video.... Need to do a video of fort knox presently and show that all the gold was not spent as some have claimed.

Fascinating in that< "I did not know that..." fascinating way!

That architecture is on point.

Being from the Bay Area I’m not surprised people who live in the city have no clue what it is.

Having grown up in Denver...which also has a mint...it's fun to have a mint in your city.

@gunslingingbird74

3 жыл бұрын

You have a skewed sense of humor of you think having a mint in your city is "fun".

@pastorjerrykliner3162

3 жыл бұрын

@@gunslingingbird74 it was a regular school field trip when I was a kid. Went there A LOT. Not to mention whenever family from out-of-state came in: had to see the Mint. And then it was a fun way to get into coin-collecting: sorting through pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters looking for the "D," "S," and "P." (I honestly had no idea about the "CC" for Carson City...) As a kid, at least, it was fun.

that's so millenial... why is the mint next to a "safeway" ... your brain should be thinking of why the safeway is next to the mint!

@alfredclethen

3 жыл бұрын

The question should be why is a Safeway near the mint

@mustang8206

3 жыл бұрын

Ok Darrin

@markbrophy5454

3 жыл бұрын

You should be asking yourself why coins aren't made of gold or silver and why pennies aren't made of copper.

@stevepettersen3283

3 жыл бұрын

@@markbrophy5454 As you know, the use of those metals would make their value exceed their face value for the business strikes (pocket change). The mints do make gold and silver coinage for bullion and collector needs.

@3052022

3 жыл бұрын

Mark is referring to how the banksters have stripped your wealth and future

I don't want to get old

would it be the way we do this or should we do this a little bit at day time

I lived in SF for the better part of 15 years and everyone always called it "the Mint" there's even a bar named after it on Market Street a few blocks down the hill. It literally says United States Mint right above the windows.

Whoever made this has a great music taste, Turtles Have Short Legs by Can playing in the background

@AGhostintheHouse

3 жыл бұрын

You can also hear Music for a Found Harmonium at 3:44, now I'm going to look up T.H.S.L by Can!

@AGhostintheHouse

3 жыл бұрын

I heard that at the beginning of the video and really liked it, glad I found your comment, thank you! I'm a guitar and bass player and a drummer, I'm going to have some fun with Turtles!

The final nail in the coffin for the four mints will be when big brother forces everyone to use digital currency.

Seriously such a cool video!!!!! I love finding S minted coins, 1974 is the last of the circulated coin production. I just bought the 50th Anniversary Reverse Proof Coin Set!!! Such beautiful coins and so hard to find now! Man i love history! Im obsessed with that building, last time i visited San Francisco and was locked out of my hotel room i parked next to it and slept in my car. Such a cool experience besides the crazy people running around the streets!!

Every time I see or hear about a coin with a specific letter, flaw, etc, I want to go through my change. I don't, but I want to. LOL

“Turns out its a US mint” “Wow, thats pretty wild” Who would’ve known

Been coin collecting for 4 decades and never knew this

@crazyoncoffee

3 жыл бұрын

You must be joking? You must either not be from the US or live 2000 miles away from SF

I can’t believe there’s that big of a market for collectible coins

now i know why we had/have a coin shortage. btw, great story..

The old wheat pennies with the “s” under the date were stamped there

Great way to inform the public!

@Caligulashorse1453

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks sacgawea coin

I always wanted them to paint this building red and white like a mint

Does anyone know the name of the piece of music at the end of this video?

Driving by this building everyday

It's Castle Lemongrab!

I got a few pennies and nickels made before 1974 that have the "S" mint mark. Also have some silver coins with the "S" as well.

As a 4th generation native San Franciscan I find this video incredibly insulting. Growing up here in The City, I can not remember ANYBODY that did NOT know what this building was. As so many have already stated in the comments, the building has "United States Mint" emblazoned across its facade! I have always thought that KQED was about promoting intelligent conversation, not ridiculously contrived fluff.

My favorite mint mark next to the CC but that mint is no longer running even though I think they should resurrect it and strat minting coins there again!

The San Francisco Mint also mints "Proof" coinage which is basically extra shiny on the background

@667hodge

3 жыл бұрын

All SF minted coins are proof

@hams47

3 жыл бұрын

@@667hodge San Francisco has minted coins for awhile, and in terms of history only recently has minted only proof coins

@667hodge

3 жыл бұрын

@@hams47 they've been minting proofs exclusively since 1975

@hams47

3 жыл бұрын

@@667hodge thats what I'm saying

“Hey, you know that huge building that has UNITED STATES MINT etched into it in enormous letters and takes up an entire city block? What’s that for?”

I always thought the "S" stood for "behind Safeway", or "next to Sees Candy".

How about the 1979 and 1980 Susan B Anthony dollars that were made in San Francisco?

Not to troll but I m pretty sure that it was opened earlier. Minting coins, from what I understand, was minting Morgan’s in 1878. It is much more than a museum. It also makes special mint products that are used for special coins and sets. These were made collectively for sets and special coins both of which were highly collectible but, I don’t know what the reason was, but the special coins have fallen out of favor. It could have been the price or the fact that they aren’t that collectible anymore It is a shame, because coins from that mint were highly collectible and in great demand .

Half the comments are "How do they not know what the building is? It's written on the side," and the other half are "I know what that building is because I was born and raised here, so I know the secret SF handshake that gives me cool powers like knowing what a building that says what it is on the side is." 🙄

Do you have the name of the song used in this video? It's not in the credits.

@karenschrock1483

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ben. That wonderful song you're hearing in the background is titled: SOLACE. It was composed in 1909 by Scott Joplin dubbed at the time as the "King of Ragtime Composers". Joplin was about 40 at the time and unfortunately died 8 years later in 1917. The song became more famous in 1972 when it was featured in the movie: The Sting along with 3 other Joplin songs: The Entertainer, The Easy Winners, and Pineapple Rag. Solace has 4 "Themes". The first 2 themes are in the key of C while the last 2 themes are in the key of F. The part of the song your hearing in this video is theme 4. In the movie The Sting, they play theme 3 and 4. It was because of this song that I started playing piano at all.

@OccidentalonPurpose

3 жыл бұрын

@@karenschrock1483 Thanks! That's fantastic! I've heard it before over b-roll and always wondered about it. I love the urgent optimism of the sound, it really captures a sense of America at her best. Great fit for early, 20th Century pre-Depression and pre-WWI U.S. and for San Francisco that was rebuilding for a post Gold Rush, industrial and vibrant, multicultural era. Thanks so much for the info. And thanks for all the work you do!

Seriously nobody knew what the big building is that says US Mint on the side of it? Wow even more things to be embarrassed about San Francisco

@kap1526

3 жыл бұрын

You missed the point lol

@memphisstef3808

3 жыл бұрын

Also, they probably only showed the people who got it wrong

Who chose the music for this video? I just want to talk to them

You are a great reporter, Amanda. Thanks.

Yeah knew it was there, didn't know it was wasting resources on collectables.

@trasberg2560

3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a huge waste of government resources to me too! And why are we still making the penny? Time to retire those worthless chunks of metal and round up or down like they do in Canada

@zachgilbert3815

3 жыл бұрын

@@trasberg2560 lol, yeah and do you think every single business in the COUNTRY is gonna round down or round UP? And believe me those extra pennies from every single purchase are gonna start adding up after a while

0:36 puberty forgot about this guy

San Francisco is gentrified that’s why they don’t know My dad has been living in San Francisco since the 80s and he knows what this is we live in the Hayes valley area and we are near this building

@mustang8206

3 жыл бұрын

So you think people don't know what it is because they are rich?

@eastbaykidd8574

3 жыл бұрын

@@mustang8206 I laugh at noobs who have no idea where China Basin is but blab about hanging around in Soma.

Fascinating. Old, obvious news. Made new

I grew up on Haight and Octavia, San Francisco, and had no Freaking idea.

@fjb4932

3 жыл бұрын

Proud of Ignorance ...

@Johnblaze187

3 жыл бұрын

@@fjb4932 well, since you Morpheus and have an understanding of all knowledge in the world, create an algorithm and cure cancer Einstein.

The song used in the background sounds like the car rap from parappa the rapper for ps1.

@PapaKryptoss

4 жыл бұрын

It was from the movie Napoleon Dynamite

@superiordeftrex4196

4 жыл бұрын

@@PapaKryptoss Never seen it.

@falcoperegrinus82

3 жыл бұрын

Song is Turtles have short legs by Can

The label that all coins have that specifies where they were minted. Except... Not all coins have that "label"

Your Tax Dollars at Work! Thanks Uncle Gov

They should have a gift shop

It’s Rajad Gulag’s Fortress

If anyone cares, the song in this video is from Napoleon dynamite. I also didn’t hear a thing she said after I realized that.

The song in this is Can - Turtles have short legs

The funny thing is that the mint has gone into obscurity due to the fact they dont make money for circulation anymore they along with the one they opened in west point a few years ago make all the proof sets and most of the silver/gold/platinum coins. Though even when the mint still made coins from it they had a lot of issues basically they couldn't produce as much as the Denver and Philadelphia mints making a lot of their coins hard to find key dates for collectors (EX: 1909-s indian head/wheat/VDB, 1908-s, 1931-s, etc)

In the 70's I used to eat lunch on the steps of the old mint at 5th & Mission. The two lamp posts at the top of the stairs have swastikas on the bases. Always thought that was kinda weird.

@andytaylor5476

4 жыл бұрын

The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.

@tubbers20

4 жыл бұрын

I know something of the history of it. Even Boy Scouts had swastikas on their belt buckles.

@gunslingingbird74

3 жыл бұрын

Yeesh! I would never eat lunch on the steps of the old mint. I might sit on a needle! One time I was walking past it at like 3 or 4 in the morning on my way back to my car from work. As I was approaching the bus stop near the corner, a rat the size of a fucking raccoon sailed through the air about 2' in front of me. That was the biggest rat I've seen in my life! The fact that it lived at the old mint seemed kind of fitting.

@tubbers20

3 жыл бұрын

@@gunslingingbird74 It wasn't bad back in the mid 70's. My brother in-law worked at the Pickwick Hotel across the street. You couldn't pay me to go near the area these days.

A few technical errors, but overall nice video.

@potatothorn

3 жыл бұрын

yeah i think they should have mentioned whether all coins are polished like that, i doubt they are

@CoinDoctor1

3 жыл бұрын

@@potatothorn Not to the degree that proof coins are polished.

@potatothorn

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoinDoctor1 right? these look REally Shiny

Napoleon Dynamite music for the win.

Like a New Zealander would know what the building is! (at 0:40)

The Napoleon Dynamite song seems out of place here.

Why are they using the song from Napoleon Dynamite?

There are giant Dimes on the building 1:08.

s mint and cc mint are worth alot more but tuff tp come by. i use del there but you will get search . ive collect some great coins and paper money... i hope some day ill find cc mint . ive got s , o ,p,d there is more .

Do they make cents?

At least someone didn't say that's where Wrigley gets it't mint to make their gum.

It's just a prop, most of the money is safety in a storage shed behind Gorbachev Dacha somewhere in Siberia. Damn it, I forgot to lock it. Now we have to go back. Nevermind, I'm sure it will be safe.

How is nobody talking about the Napoleon Dynamite background music?