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Mints designed for the manufacture of coins have been commonplace since coined currency was first development around 600 BC by the Lydian people of modern-day Turkey. The popularly of coins spread across the Mediterranean so that by 6th-century BC nearby regions of Athens, Aegina, Corinth and Persia had all developed their own coins.
Methods used at mints to produce coins have changed as technology has developed, with early coins either being cast using molds to produce cast coins or struck between two dies to produce hammered coin. Around the middle of the 16th century machine-made milled coins were developed allowing coins of a higher quality to be made.
National currencies are generally minted by a country's central bank or on its behalf by an independent mint. For example, the coins of the New Zealand Dollar are minted jointly by the Royal Mint in the United Kingdom and the Royal Canadian Mint for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.[1] Also national mints are sometimes privatised to become state-owned enterprises allowing them to pursue commercial interests such as producing commemorative coins, medals and different types of bullion.
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Today the United States Mint is largest mint manufacturer in the world, operating across six sites and producing as many as 28 billion coins in a single year.[2] Its largest site is the Philadelphia Mint which covers 650,000 square feet[3] and can produce 32 million coins per day.[4]
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The world's oldest continuously running mint is the Monnaie de Paris in France which was founded in AD 864 and is the world's 8th oldest company. The second is the British Royal Mint, founded in AD 886 and the 10th oldest.
Historic and defunct mints
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Sydney Mint | 1854 | 1926 | ||
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Hasegg Castle | 1748 | 1806 | ||
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National Mint of Bolivia | 1572 | 1953 | The currency of Bolivia is now minted by foreign mints | |
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Hong Kong Mint | 1866 | 1868 | ||
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Manila Mint | 1861 | 1945 | Became an official branch of the US Mint in 1920 and was later destroyed following the liberation of the Philippines in World War II | |
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National Mint of Xuvia | 1812 | 1868 | ||
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Mints of Scotland | 1136 | 1709 | Following the Acts of Union 1707, the last mint in Edinburgh closed and minting was ceded to the Royal Mint | |
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Myntverket | AD 995 | 2008 | Sold to the Mint of Finland in 2008 | |
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Soho Mint | 1788 | 1848 | ||
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Horndon mint | 1056 | |||
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Carson City Mint | 1870 | 1893 | ||
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Charlotte Mint | 1835 | 1861 | ||
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Dahlonega Mint | 1838 | 1861 | ||
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The Dalles Mint | 1869 | 1869 | Partly constructed in 1869 however never completed | |
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New Orleans Mint | 1838 | 1909 |
References
- ^ "Coins in Circulation". Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "About the United States Mint". United States Mint. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Employee Celebrates 50 Years at Philadelphia". United States Mint. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "United States Mint". ushistory.org. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Inicio" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "History". Perth Mint. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "About the Mint". Royal Australian Mint. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Our History". Austrian Mint. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ Belgium and Nassau; or, The continental tourist. p. 41.
- ^ "Sobre a CMB" [About CMB]. Casa da Moeda do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "За нас" [About Us]. Bulgarian Mint (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Milestones of Mint Chile". cmoneda.cl. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "History of Minting". Prague Mint. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "1,150 Years of History". Monnaie de Paris. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Duties and activities - Anglais". IEOM. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Mint of Nigerian History". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Creación de la Casa Nacional de Moneda" [Creation of the National Mint of Puru]. Central Reserve Bank of Peru (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "History of the Mint". Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "The Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins History". National Bank of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Swiss Coins". 24carat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "History". Turkish State Mint (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Bank-note and Mint Court of National Bank of Ukraine". Ukraine Today. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "About Towermint". www.towermint.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ^ a b c d e "Timeline of the United States Mint". US Mint. Retrieved 29 October 2017.