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US Mint

US Mint

1 3.7
An official government body that makes United States coins and works with gold and silver
  • proper noun
  • /juː ɛs mɪnt/
translation icon : Casa de Moneda de los EE. UU.
  • The director of the US Mint announced new designs for the upcoming coin series.

But this is the US Mint in Silver Eagles, which is my favorite coin.

Examples

  • The law says that the $50 Gold 24-karat bullion coin is supposed to use James Earle Fraser's design the first year only. What do you think people would say if the US Mint changed the design?

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  • Whether or not the US Mint should issue the classic designs is irrelevant—did you know that there is a law to issue a palladium coin with the Mercury dime design?

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  • But this is the US Mint in Silver Eagles, which is my favorite coin.

  • I commented before that the US Mint is restricted in what it can do by the laws passed by Congress.

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  • It is giving the US Mint the free hand to issue those designs if it wants to.

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  • The Dahlonega branch of the US Mint, still under construction, would begin operations within weeks, and Superintendent Joseph J. Singleton felt considerable alarm.

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  • Sets like the coins and chronicles, silver proofs, presidential dollars, and first spouse medals sets, or the alternate packaging for the Star Spangled Banner Silver Dollar proof, are something that the US Mint can do under the law.

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  • The US Mint is responsible for manufacturing all the coins used in the United States.

  • At the US Mint, visitors can learn about the coin production process and its history.

Synonyms

mint
vsUS Mint
24 3.8

A building where the government makes coins

refers to the United States federal coin agency rather than any national coin maker
U.S. Mint
vsUS Mint
3 3.5

A government office that makes United States coins and handles government gold and silver

is the same agency name but without abbreviation
United States Mint
vsUS Mint
1 3.4

A government agency that makes and gives out coins and handles gold and silver

is the same name but usually shortened in speech

Surface Forms

US Mint main

Morphology

US + mint

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'US' (United States) with 'mint' (an official coin-producing facility): together they naturally denote the United States government institution that produces coins. This country + institution compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be easily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

US Mint comes from the old word mint, which meant a place where metal was stamped into coins, so imagine workers pressing a heavy stamp to leave a design on metal. So US Mint means the government's official place 'to make coins'.