Branch mint
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A branch mint is a satellite operation of (usually) a national mint.
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[edit] United States
Branches of the United States Mint, located in Philadelphia, have been located at:
- New Orleans, 1838-1909
- Dahlonega, Georgia, 1838-1861
- Charlotte, North Carolina, 1835-1861
- San Francisco, 1854-present
- Carson City, Nevada, 1870-1893
- Denver, 1906-present
- Manila, Philippines, 1920-1922 and 1925-1941
- West Point, New York, 1984-present
[edit] Great Britain
The Royal Mint of the United Kingdom is located at Llantrisant, Wales. It is currently the only facility of the Royal Mint but has had branch mints in the past, located at:
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (now the main facility of the Royal Canadian Mint)
- The Perth Mint in Western Australia, a branch mint from 1899 to 1970 (even though Federation of Australia took place in 1901
- The Sydney Mint, which closed in 1926
- The Melbourne Mint
- The Pretoria Mint, in Pretoria, South Africa
- The Bombay Mint
[edit] Canada
The Royal Canadian Mint, based in Ottawa, has one branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Ottawa mint was itself a branch mint until the Royal Canadian Mint became independent of the British Royal Mint.
[edit] External links
- Information about British branch mints (from a private company's website)
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