Rev. Dr. Bernard O’Connor is an Educator, Priest and life long coin collector who has recently sold his entire collection and donated the proceeds to an educational fund. Using observations and personal anecdotes from Dr. O’Connor, along with unique visuals of coins and medals spanning over 2000 years of history, MINT STATE glimpses into the world of the collector to discover that coins have been used to express not just monetary value, but also cultural values and political thought.

MINT STATE is a visually ambitious documentary that explores the world of Numismatics (the study of coins, medals and currency), in society that has moved towards an economic system devoid of hard cash.