Dictionary:

mint¹

  (mĭnt)

1. A place where the coins of a country are manufactured by authority of the government.
2. A place or source of manufacture or invention.
3. An abundant amount, especially of money.

1. To produce (money) by stamping metal; coin.
2. To invent or fabricate: a phrase that was minted for one occasion.

Undamaged as if freshly minted: The painting was in mint condition.

[Middle English, from Old English mynet, coin, from Latin monēta. See money.]

noun

A large sum of money: fortune. Informal bundle, pretty penny, tidy sum, wad. Slang pile. See rich/poor.

Definition: brand-new
Antonyms: ancient, damaged, imperfect, old, used

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A mint is a place or facility which manufactures coins for currency.

On the whole, the history of mints correlates very closely with the history of coins. One difference is that the history of the mint is normally related in a fashion that more closely ties to the political situation of the day. For example, when discussing the history of the New Orleans Mint, the usage of that mint by the Confederate States of America beginning in 1861 comes up quickly. The origins of the Philadelphia Mint, which began operations in 1792 and first produced circulating coinage in 1793, are most often related within the political context of the time.

In the beginning, hammered coinage or cast coinage were the only choices. In more modern mints, coin dies are manufactured in large numbers and planchets are made into coins by the billions.

Each city-state in ancient Greece had its own mint. Roman mints were spread far and wide across the empire, and used extensively for propaganda purposes. One way people knew there was a new emperor was when he minted coins with his portrait on it. Many of the emperors that ruled only for a very short time made sure that they got their portrait on some coins. Quietus, for example, ruled only part of the empire from 260–261 AD, yet he issued several coins bearing his image.

Coins.

With the mass production of currency the production cost must be weighed when minting coins. It costs the US Mint much less than 25 cents to make a quarter, and the difference in production cost and face value (called seigniorage) helps fund the minting body (in the United States, that body is the Department of the Treasury).

Notable mints

• Casa de Moneda de México
• Royal Australian Mint
• Royal Canadian Mint
• Casa da Moeda do Brasil
• Currency Centre, Ireland
• Royal Mint of the United Kingdom
• Monnaie de Paris
• United States Mint
• India Government Mint
• Birmingham Mint
• Dahlonega Mint
• Franklin Mint
• Joachimsthal Royal Mint[1], Czech Republic, (Jáchymovská královská mincovna in Czech)[2]—historical, established in 1516 and thalers (tolars in Czech, Slovak and Slovene) were minted there. The dollar received its name after them (Joachimsthal Groschen led to Joachimsthal, which was further shortened to "thaler" (German), which was transliterated to "daler" (Flemish), which was rendered in English as "dollar").
• Moscow Mint
• Saint Petersburg Mint
• Perth Mint
• Patrick Mint[3]
• Kremnica Mint[4], Slovak Republic, (Mincovňa Kremnica in Slovak), established in 1328 is one of the oldest continuously manufacturing manufacturers worldwide.
• Soho Mint

See also

• List of Mints
• Master of the Mint
• Mint-made errors
• United States Department of the Treasury
• United States Mint coin production

External links

• Coins of Quietus
• The US Mint's History
• Robert Morris
• Ancient Minting Process

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - mynte, pebermynte

2.
n. - mønt (sted hvor mønter præges)
adj. - ny, fin
v. tr. - fremstille mønter, udmønte, præge, opfinde

idioms:

• in mint condition    så god som ny, i fineste stand
• mint par    møntparitet
• mint parity    møntparitet

Nederlands (Dutch)
munten, pepermuntje, munt

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Bot, Culin) menthe

2.
n. - hôtel des monnaies, fortune
adj. - à l'état neuf
v. tr. - frapper (la monnaie), forger

idioms:

• in mint condition    à l'état neuf
• mint par    parité de l'étalon de change-or et de la monnaie (dans deux pays), leur parité de change (basé sur ce rapport)
• mint parity    parité de la monnaie, taux de change

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Pfefferminz, Minze

2.
n. - Münzanstalt, Münze
adj. - ganz neu, vorzüglich, ungestempelt
v. - prägen

idioms:

• in mint condition    in tadellosem Zustand
• mint par    Münzparität
• mint parity    Münzparität

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νομισματοκοπείο, (φυτολ.) δυόσμος, μέντα, καραμέλα με γεύση μέντας
v. - εκδίδω ή κόβω νόμισμα, χρησιμοποιώ ή εισάγω νεολογισμό, επινοώ (λέξη)
adj. - σε άριστη κατάσταση

idioms:

• in mint condition    (για συλλογές) σε τέλεια κατάσταση
• mint par    σχέση ανταλλαγής νομισμάτων βάσει της περιεκτικότητας σε χρυσό
• mint parity    σχέση ανταλλαγής νομισμάτων βάσει της περιεκτικότητας σε χρυσό

Italiano (Italian)
coniare, mentina, menta

idioms:

• in mint condition    come nuovo
• mint par/parity    parità legale intrinseca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - hortelã (f) (Bot.), dinheirama (f) (coloq.), casa da moeda (f)
v. - cunhar (moedas), inventar
adj. - novo

idioms:

• in mint condition    em boas condições
• mint par/parity    paridade da moeda

Русский (Russian)
мята, источник, монетный двор, большая сумма, чеканить монету, создавать новые слова или выражения

idioms:

• in mint condition    новенький
• mint par/parity    монетный паритет

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - pastilla de menta, menta, hierbabuena

2.
n. - casa de la moneda, ceca
adj. - sin usar, en perfecto estado, como nuevo
v. tr. - acuñar, idear, inventar

idioms:

• in mint condition    como nuevo
• mint par    cambio a la par, cotización
• mint parity    cambio a la par, cotización a la par

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mynta, mintkaramell, myntverk, massa (pengar), härd
v. - mynta, skapa
adj. - myntad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 造币厂, 巨额, 制造所, 来源, 大量, 铸造, 伪造, 铸币, 造币厂的, 无污损的, 崭新的, 完美的

idioms:

• in mint condition    崭新的
• mint par    法定价格
• mint parity    法定平价

2. 造币厂, 巨额, 制造所, 来源, 大量

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 造幣廠, 巨額, 製造所, 來源, 大量

2.
n. - 造幣廠, 巨額, 製造所, 來源, 大量
v. tr. - 鑄造, 偽造, 鑄幣
adj. - 造幣廠的, 無汙損的, 嶄新的, 完美的

idioms:

• in mint condition    嶄新的
• mint par    法定價格
• mint parity    法定平價

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 박하[향미료,사탕]

2.
n. - 돈을 만드는 곳, 많음, 근본
adj. - (돈 등을) 지금 막 발행 한, 사용 전인
v. tr. - (돈 등을) 만들다

idioms:

• in mint condition    사용 전인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ハッカ, 造幣局, 多額, ミント
adj. - 未使用の
v. - 鋳造する, 作る

idioms:

• in mint condition    真新しい, 未使用の
• mint par/parity    新品同様

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نعنع, نعناع, محل سك النقود, كميه كبيرة من المال (فعل) يسك, يضرب, ينحت, يلخبط, يكسب مبلغا كبيرا من المال (صفه) مسككه, جديدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנטה, נענה, סוכריית מנטה‬
n. - ‮מטבעה, סכום גדול (מדוברת), מקור להמצאות‬
adj. - ‮לא משומש‬
v. tr. - ‮יצק מטבע, טבע (מטבע, מילה, פתגם וכו')‬

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