Frank Aleamon Leach ( August 19 , 1846 &ndash; June 19 , 1929 ) was a United States newspaperman who was Director of the United States Mint from 1906 to 1909 . In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , the heroic efforts by Frank A. Leach and his men preserved the old San Francisco Mint building and the bullion that then backed the nation 's currency
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Frank A. Leach