The director of the U.S. Mint is expected to give the keynote address Tuesday during the 150th anniversary celebration of the Carson City Mint.
The mint inside what's now the Nevada State Museum began producing coins from the silver and gold ore of the nearby Comstock Lode on Feb. 4, 1870.
U.S. Director David Ryder is expected to join Gov. Steve Sisolak and others in the ceremonial striking of a special sesquicentennial silver medallion on the historic Coin Press No. 1.
It's the original press used to produce the first coins bearing the "CC" mint mark.
