Olin BRASS Medal – metal supplier for US currency
In bronze
Weight: 165.9 g
Diameter: 70 mm
Obverse:
Stylized Cowboy
Reverse:
Spiral symbolizing a rolled sheet of metal.
Olin BRASS
Edge:
MEDALLIC ART CO.NY BRONZE
History:
Wieland Rolled Products North America, LLC, doing business as Olin Brass, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of copper alloys and base metal strip to the United States government, particularly the United States Department of the Treasury. As a foreign-owned, for-profit corporation, Wieland Rolled Products specializes in producing high-quality metal products essential to the manufacture of circulating coinage. The company operates a production facility in Hillsdales, Kentucky, where it processes and supplies the primary metal raw material required by the U.S. Mint to mint one-cent, five-cent, dime and quarter coins for national circulation.
Through its federal contracts, Wieland Rolled Products North America has primarily supplied the United States Mint with circulating coinage strip and metal. The company has supplied the U.S. Mint with more than $3 billion worth of base metal strip and blanks over the past four years, enabling the agency to fulfill its mission of manufacturing and distributing U.S. coins. In addition to standard coinage materials, Wieland has also been contracted to produce specialty items such as congressional bronze blanks and alternative metals with additional marking elements for coin research and development. The company has also provided security melting services to the U.S. Mint, assisting in the destruction of condemned and unusable coins as part of the agency’s coin recycling program. These contracts were awarded without a reserve designation, reflecting Wieland’s status as a key supplier in this specialty market.
Wieland Rolled Products North America holds a major indefinite delivery (ID) contract with the United States Mint, valued at up to $3.5 billion, to supply base metal strip for circulation coinage through September 2032. This long-term contract allows the Mint to issue firm-fixed-price delivery orders to Wieland as needed, ensuring a consistent supply of critical raw materials for coin production. Under this IDC, the Mint has awarded multiple delivery orders to Wieland, ranging from $7 million to $44 million, to supply standard copper alloy compositions in continuous coil strip form required to manufacture various denominations of U.S. coins. This agreement demonstrates Wieland’s critical role in maintaining the supply chain for U.S. coinage and underscores its position as a trusted partner to the federal government in meeting the nation’s coinage needs.
