Definition

• National Mint.  A government mint; the factory that produces coins for the country in which it is located. Forty-nine countries at the end of the 20th century have national mints; others have their coins struck by custom minting either at other national mints or by a private mint. For a list of national mints see Appendix 6.
       
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  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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