Mint

(mint.) [ From A. S. my net, money.] The place designated by law where money is coined by authority of the government. Since the act of April 2, 1792, bj which the first mint in the U. States was established at Philadelphia, till June 30, 1870, the several mints of the American Union have turned out, in all denominations of gold, silver, and copper: - Philadelphia, $560,449,182.82; San Francisco, $296,125,163.95; New Orleans (to January 31, 1861, since which time nothing has been done there), $70,271,652.13; Charlotte, N. C. (to March 31, 1861), $5,048,641.50; Dahlonega (to February 28, 1861), $6,121,919; New York, coining began 1854, total coined, $184,360,160.75; Denver, Col., coining began 1863, $3,532,306.53; Carson City, began 1870, $132,369.65: Charlotte, re-opened 1870, $19,591.61.(Bot.) See MENTHA. [s. 605]