United States Mint
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produces circulating coinage for the United States
Key facts
- Formed
- April 2, 1792 ; 234 years ago ( 1792-04-02 )
- Jurisdiction
- Federal government of the United States
- Employees
- 1,845 (2006)
- Agency executive
- Paul Hollis , Director
- Parent agency
- Department of the Treasury
- Website
- usmint.gov
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- Parent organization
- United States Department of the Treasury
- Subsidiary
- Philadelphia Mint
- Official website
- www.usmint.gov
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- Commons category
- United States Mint
- topic's main category
- Category:United States Mint
- inception
- 1792-04-02
- foundational text
- Coinage Act of 1792
- described at URL
- www.federalregister.gov/agencies/united-states-mint
- social media followers
- 53479
- has works in the collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- official shop URL
- catalog.usmint.gov
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Encyclopedic overview
The United States Mint is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bullion. The U.S. Mint is one of two U.S. agencies that manufactures physical money. The other is the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which prints paper currency. The first United States Mint was created in Philadelphia in 1792, and was soon joined by other centers, whose coins were identified by their own mint marks. There are currently four active coin-producing mints: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “United States Mint” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.