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{{Merge|U.S. Mint|date=April 2025}}{{Organization
|OrganizationName=U.S. Mint
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments
|Mission=The U.S. Mint produces circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. It also creates and sells numismatic coins, medals, and bullion products, ensuring quality and security in coin production, and preserving numismatic history.
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Treasury
|TopOrganization=Department of the Treasury
|CreationLegislation=Coinage Act of 1792
|Employees=1700
|Budget=Self-sustaining; operates at no cost to taxpayers (Revenue from sales in FY 2023 was approximately $1.7 billion)
|OrganizationExecutive=Director of the Mint
|Services=Coin production; Numismatic products; Bullion coins; Medals; Public tours
|HeadquartersLocation=38.90078, -77.02367
|HeadquartersAddress=801 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
|Website=https://www.usmint.gov
}}
{{Short description|Government agency that produces circulating coinage and dollars for the United States}}
{{Short description|Government agency that produces circulating coinage and dollars for the United States}}
{{Organization
 
|OrganizationName= United States Mint
|OrganizationType= Executive Departments
|Mission= The U.S. Mint produces circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. It also creates and sells numismatic coins, medals, and bullion products, ensuring quality and security in coin production, and preserving numismatic history.
|OrganizationExecutive= Director of the Mint
|Employees= 1700
|Budget= Self-sustaining; operates at no cost to taxpayers (Revenue from sales in FY 2023 was approximately $1.7 billion)
|Website= https://www.usmint.gov
|Services= Coin production; Numismatic products; Bullion coins; Medals; Public tours
|ParentOrganization= United States Department of the Treasury
|CreationLegislation= Coinage Act of 1792
|Regulations=
|HeadquartersLocation= 38.898472, -77.024475
|HeadquartersAddress= 801 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
}}
{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = United States Mint
| agency_name = United States Mint
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There are currently four active coin-producing mints:  
There are currently four active coin-producing mints:  
 
* [[Philadelphia Mint]]
* [[Philadelphia Mint|Philadelphia]],
* [[Denver Mint]]
* [[Denver Mint|Denver]],
* [[San Francisco Mint]]
* [[San Francisco Mint|San Francisco]]
* [[West Point Mint]]
* [[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.


The current United States Mint was created by [[United States Congress|Congress]] with the Coinage Act of 1792, and originally placed within the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]. Per the terms of the Coinage Act, the first Mint building was in Philadelphia, which was then the capital of the United States; it was the first building of the United States raised under the Constitution. The mint's headquarters is a non-coin-producing facility in [[Washington D.C.]] It operates mint facilities in Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point, New York, and a bullion depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Official Mints (Branches) were once also located in Carson City, Nevada; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dahlonega, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; and in Manila, in the Philippines.
The current United States Mint was created by [[United States Congress|Congress]] with the Coinage Act of 1792, and originally placed within the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]. Per the terms of the Coinage Act, the first Mint building was in Philadelphia, which was then the capital of the United States; it was the first building of the United States raised under the Constitution. The mint's headquarters is a non-coin-producing facility in [[Washington D.C.]] It operates mint facilities in Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point, New York, and a bullion depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Official Mints (Branches) were once also located in Carson City, Nevada; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dahlonega, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; and in Manila, in the Philippines.
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There are four active coin-producing mints: [[Philadelphia Mint|Philadelphia]], [[Denver Mint|Denver]], [[San Francisco Mint|San Francisco]], and [[West Point Mint|West Point]].
There are four active coin-producing mints: [[Philadelphia Mint|Philadelphia]], [[Denver Mint|Denver]], [[San Francisco Mint|San Francisco]], and [[West Point Mint|West Point]].
===Philadelphia===
===Philadelphia===
[[File:United States Mint Philadelphia.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Philadelphia]] Mint]]The Mint's largest facility is the [[Philadelphia Mint]]. The current facility, which opened in 1969, is the fourth Philadelphia Mint. The first was built in 1792, when Philadelphia was still the U.S. capital, and began operation in 1793. Until 1980, coins minted at Philadelphia bore no mint mark, with the exceptions of the [[Susan B. Anthony dollar]] and the wartime [[Jefferson nickel]]. In 1980, the P mint mark was added to all U.S. coinage except the [[Cent (United States coin)|cent]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Mike |title=What's that letter "P" doing on my cent? |url=https://www.pcgs.com/news/whats-that-letter-p-doing-on-my-cent |website=PCGS.com |publisher=Collectors Universe, Inc. |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> Until 1968, the Philadelphia Mint was responsible for nearly all official [[proof coin]]age.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McMorrow-Hernandez |first1=Joshua |title=Classic Proof Sets vs. Mint Sets: What's The Better Investment? |url=https://coinweek.com/modern-coins/classic-proof-sets-vs-mint-sets-whats-the-better-investment/ |website=CoinWeek.com |date=21 December 2015 |publisher=CoinWeek, LLC |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> Philadelphia is also the site of master [[Coin die|die]] production for U.S. coinage, and the engraving and design departments of the Mint are also located there.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Unser |first1=Darrin Lee |title=How the Philadelphia Mint Makes Hubs and Dies to Produce Coins |url=http://www.coinnews.net/2013/09/13/how-the-philadelphia-mint-makes-hubs-and-dies-to-produce-coins/ |website=coinnews.net |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
[[File:United States Mint Philadelphia.jpg|thumb|right|The Philadelphia Mint]]The Mint's largest facility is the [[Philadelphia Mint]]. The current facility, which opened in 1969, is the fourth Philadelphia Mint. The first was built in 1792, when Philadelphia was still the U.S. capital, and began operation in 1793. Until 1980, coins minted at Philadelphia bore no mint mark, with the exceptions of the [[Susan B. Anthony dollar]] and the wartime [[Jefferson nickel]]. In 1980, the P mint mark was added to all U.S. coinage except the [[Cent (United States coin)|cent]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Mike |title=What's that letter "P" doing on my cent? |url=https://www.pcgs.com/news/whats-that-letter-p-doing-on-my-cent |website=PCGS.com |publisher=Collectors Universe, Inc. |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> Until 1968, the Philadelphia Mint was responsible for nearly all official [[proof coin]]age.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McMorrow-Hernandez |first1=Joshua |title=Classic Proof Sets vs. Mint Sets: What's The Better Investment? |url=https://coinweek.com/modern-coins/classic-proof-sets-vs-mint-sets-whats-the-better-investment/ |website=CoinWeek.com |date=21 December 2015 |publisher=CoinWeek, LLC |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> Philadelphia is also the site of master [[Coin die|die]] production for U.S. coinage, and the engraving and design departments of the Mint are also located there.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Unser |first1=Darrin Lee |title=How the Philadelphia Mint Makes Hubs and Dies to Produce Coins |url=http://www.coinnews.net/2013/09/13/how-the-philadelphia-mint-makes-hubs-and-dies-to-produce-coins/ |website=coinnews.net |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
===Denver===
===Denver===
[[File:Denver mint.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Denver]] Mint]]The [[Denver Mint]] began in 1863 as the local [[assay office]], just five years after gold was discovered in the area. By the turn of the century, the office was bringing in over $5&nbsp;million in annual gold and silver deposits, and in 1906, the Mint opened its new Denver branch.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=U.S. Mint Denver Facility |url=https://www.usmint.gov/about/mint-tours-facilities/denver |website=usmint.gov |date=30 June 2016 |publisher=United States Mint |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> Denver uses a D mint mark and strikes mostly circulation coinage, although it has struck commemorative coins in the past, such as the $10 gold 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Commemorative.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Coin Values |journal=Coin World |date=November 2019 |issue=November 2019 |page=106}}</ref> It also produces its own working dies, as well as working dies for the other mints.<ref name="auto1" /> Although the Denver and Dahlonega mints used the same mint mark D, they were never in operation at the same time, so this is not a source of ambiguity.
[[File:Denver mint.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Denver]] Mint]]The [[Denver Mint]] began in 1863 as the local [[assay office]], just five years after gold was discovered in the area. By the turn of the century, the office was bringing in over $5&nbsp;million in annual gold and silver deposits, and in 1906, the Mint opened its new Denver branch.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=U.S. Mint Denver Facility |url=https://www.usmint.gov/about/mint-tours-facilities/denver |website=usmint.gov |date=30 June 2016 |publisher=United States Mint |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> Denver uses a D mint mark and strikes mostly circulation coinage, although it has struck commemorative coins in the past, such as the $10 gold 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Commemorative.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Coin Values |journal=Coin World |date=November 2019 |issue=November 2019 |page=106}}</ref> It also produces its own working dies, as well as working dies for the other mints.<ref name="auto1" /> Although the Denver and Dahlonega mints used the same mint mark D, they were never in operation at the same time, so this is not a source of ambiguity.
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[[Philadelphia|Pennsylvania]]
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*'''[[Quarter (United States coin)|Quarter dollar]]''': The mintmark is to the right of [[George Washington]]'s bust.
*'''[[Quarter (United States coin)|Quarter dollar]]''': The mintmark is to the right of [[George Washington]]'s bust.
*'''[[Half dollar (United States coin)|Half dollar]]''': The mintmark is below the center of [[John F. Kennedy]]'s bust, above the date.
*'''[[Half dollar (United States coin)|Half dollar]]''': The mintmark is below the center of [[John F. Kennedy]]'s bust, above the date.
*'''[[Eisenhower Dollar]]''' (1971–1978): The mintmark is below the center of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s bust, above the date.
*'''[[Eisenhower Dollar]]''' (1971–1978): The mintmark is below the center of Dwight D. Eisenhower's bust, above the date.
*'''[[Susan B. Anthony dollar]]''' (1979–1981, 1999): The mintmark is found to the left of [[Susan B. Anthony]]'s bust.
*'''[[Susan B. Anthony dollar]]''' (1979–1981, 1999): The mintmark is found to the left of [[Susan B. Anthony]]'s bust.
*'''[[Sacagawea dollar]]''' (2000–present): For coins minted from 2000 to 2008, the mintmark is just below the date. For coins minted since 2009, the date, mintmark and ''E Pluribus Unum'' were moved to the edge of the coin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Ken |title=No edge letter on Native American dollar |url=https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/no_edge_letter_on_native_american_dollar |newspaper=Numismatic News |date=28 April 2009 |publisher=F+W Media |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>
*'''[[Sacagawea dollar]]''' (2000–present): For coins minted from 2000 to 2008, the mintmark is just below the date. For coins minted since 2009, the date, mintmark and ''E Pluribus Unum'' were moved to the edge of the coin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Ken |title=No edge letter on Native American dollar |url=https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/no_edge_letter_on_native_american_dollar |newspaper=Numismatic News |date=28 April 2009 |publisher=F+W Media |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>
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