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2. Mint (facility) - Wikipedia

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   A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency. The history of mints correlates closely with the history of coins . In the beginning, hammered coinage or cast coinage were the chief means of coin minting, with resulting production runs numbering as little as the hundreds or thousands.

3. History of coins - Wikipedia

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   Double-die style struck coin from Ancient India, c 304-232 BCE featuring an elephant on one face and a lion on the other. Since that time, coins have been the most universal embodiment of money. These first coins were made of electrum, a naturally occurring pale yellow mixture of gold and silver that was further alloyed with silver and copper.

4. Numismatic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Coinage Act of 1792 established the United States Mint and regulated the coinage of the United States. [3] The act created coins in the denominations of Half Cent (1/200 of a dollar), Cent (1/100 of a dollar, or a cent), Half Dime (also known as a half disme) (five cents), Dime (also known as a disme) (10 cents), Quarter (25 cents), Half Dollar (50 cents), Dollar, Quarter Eagle ($2.50 ...

5. 9 Rare American Coins That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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   You can find these pennies selling for hundreds to thousands of dollars on eBay, but one of the pricier coins in mint condition sold for $159,000. 1925-D Lincoln Penny: $21,600+

6. These 11 Rare Coins Sold for Over $1 Million

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   Over time, coins can become rare collectibles that are sold for thousands, if not millions, of dollars in the present day.That’s because the United States has been minting coins since 1793. Up ...

7. United States Mint - Wikipedia

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   The first United States Mint was created in Philadelphia in 1792, and soon joined by other centers, whose coins were identified by their own mint marks. There are currently four active coin-producing mints: Philadelphia , Denver , San Francisco , and West Point .