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Mexican Mint

 
Wikipedia: Mexican Mint
La Casa de Moneda de México
Location: Museo Nacional de las Culturas, Mexico
Founded/First coin struck: 1535
Website: http://www.cmm.gob.mx/cmm/

La Casa de Moneda de México is the national mint of Mexico and the oldest mint in the Americas, established in 1535.

Since 1983, coins are only produced in San Luis Potosí in Mexico and the main client is the Banco de México. However, the headquarters of the mint are located at the Museo Nacional de las Culturas.

The Mexican mint has also exported coins to Germany, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, United States of America, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, England, Malaysia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Since December 2006 the director general of the Casa de Moneda is Dr. Oscar Levín Coppel.

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