Robert J. Grant (1862 – November 24, 1950) was Director of the United States Mint from 1923 to 1933. Grant was born in Nova Scotia. Before becoming Director of the U.S. Mint, Grant was the Superintendent of the Denver Mint. In 1923, President of the United States

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer ...

nominated Grant to be Director of the United States Mint and Grant subsequently held this office from November 1923 to May 1933. Upon leaving the U.S. Mint, Grant sailed to Shanghai to become mint adviser to the

Chinese Nationalist Chinese nationalism () is a form of nationalism in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and the Republic of China on Taiwan which asserts that the Chinese people are a nation and promotes the cultural and national unity of all Chin ...

government."The Cabinet: Mint Lady", ''Time'', May 8, 1933
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