Editing West Point, New York (section)

== West Point Mint ==
{{Main|West Point Mint}}

In 1937, the West Point Bullion Depository was constructed and in 1938 opened to store silver [[bullion]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the U.S. Mint |url=https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/overview |website=United States Mint |date=April 3, 2018 |access-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705210901/https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/overview |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1988, it became the [[West Point Mint]], as a branch of the [[United States Mint]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The United States Mint at West Point |url=https://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinnews/mintfacilities/swf/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218211928/https://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinNews/mintFacilities/swf/ |archive-date=December 18, 2016 |access-date=August 23, 2017 |website=usmint.gov}}</ref> and gained official status as a [[Branch mint|branch]] of the United States Mint on March 31 of that year.<ref name="gold">{{cite web |title=The West Point Mint Facility |url=http://www.goldcoinstrader.net/the-west-point-mint-facility/ |access-date=January 19, 2013 |publisher=Gold Coins Trader |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331180759/http://www.goldcoinstrader.net/the-west-point-mint-facility/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The West Point Mint has a deep storage of 54,067,331.379 fine troy ounces of gold.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/status-report-government-gold-reserve/ |title=U.S. Treasury-Owned Gold &#124; U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data |website=fiscaldata.treasury.gov |access-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602175348/https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/status-report-government-gold-reserve/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It sits on a {{convert|4|acre|ha|adj=on}} parcel of land.<ref name="NRHP nom">{{cite web |last=Daddio |first=William F. |date=May 28, 1987 |title=National Register of Historic Places nomination, U.S. Bullion Despository, West Point |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6614 |access-date=July 28, 2010 |publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]] |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055300/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6614 |url-status=dead}}</ref>