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}}The '''United States Mint''' is a bureau of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]] responsible for producing | }}The '''United States Mint''' is a bureau of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://definitions.uslegal.com/u/united-states-mint/|title=United States Mint Law and Legal Definition {{!}} USLegal, Inc.|website=definitions.uslegal.com|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> 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 soon joined by other centers, whose coins were identified by their own mint marks. | ||
There are currently four active coin-producing mints: | |||
* [[Philadelphia Mint|Philadelphia]], | |||
* [[Denver Mint|Denver]], | |||
* [[San Francisco Mint|San Francisco]] | |||
* [[West Point Mint|West Point]] | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:San Francisco-First US Branch Mint-1854.jpg|thumb|The First U.S. Branch Mint in California, which opened on April 3, 1854, is located at 608–619 Commercial Street in [[San Francisco]]. The building now houses the San Francisco Historical Society.]]The first authorization for the establishment of a mint in the United States was in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation of February 21, 1782, and the first general-circulation coin of the United States, the Fugio cent, was produced in 1787 based on the Continental dollar. | [[File:San Francisco-First US Branch Mint-1854.jpg|thumb|The First U.S. Branch Mint in California, which opened on April 3, 1854, is located at 608–619 Commercial Street in [[San Francisco]]. The building now houses the San Francisco Historical Society.]]The first authorization for the establishment of a mint in the United States was in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation of February 21, 1782, and the first general-circulation coin of the United States, the Fugio cent, was produced in 1787 based on the Continental dollar. | ||