To date, the Manila Mint is the only U.S. mint ( Manila Mint) was established in 1920 in Manila in the Philippines, which was then a U.S. She stated that women were paid equally within the bureau. In 1911 the Mint had a female acting director, Margaret Kelly, at that point the highest paid woman on the government's payroll. Though gold coins were also produced there, no base metal coins were. Like the Charlotte and Dahlonega branches, the Carson City Mint (CC mint mark) was opened to take advantage of local precious metal deposits, in this case, a large vein of silver. During its two stints as a minting facility, it produced both gold and silver coinage in eleven different denominations, though only ten denominations were ever minted there at one time (in 1851 silver three-cent pieces, half dimes, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and gold dollars, Quarter Eagles, half eagles, eagles, and double eagles).Ī new branch facility was opened in Carson City, Nevada, in 1870 it operated until 1893, with a three-year hiatus from 1886 to 1888.

The New Orleans Mint (O mint mark) closed at the beginning of the Civil War (1861) and did not re-open until the end of Reconstruction in 1879. The Civil War closed both these facilities permanently.

Both the Charlotte (C mint mark) and Dahlonega (D mint mark) Mints were opened to facilitate the conversion of local gold deposits into coinage, and minted only gold coins. The first of these branch mints were the Charlotte, North Carolina (1838–1861), Dahlonega, Georgia (1838–1861), and New Orleans, Louisiana (1838–1909) branches. With the opening of branch mints came the need for mint marks, an identifying feature on the coin to show its facility of origin. The Mint has operated several branch facilities throughout the United States since the Philadelphia Mint opened in 1792, in a building known as 'Ye Olde Mint'. First United States Mint (Philadelphia) photo from 1904 Another important position at the Mint is that of Chief Engraver, which has been held by such men as Frank Gasparro, William Barber, Charles E. Henry Voigt was the first Superintendent and Chief Coiner, and is credited with some of the first U.S. The position is currently filled by Ventris Gibson. The first Director of the United States Mint was renowned scientist David Rittenhouse from 1792 to 1795. Legal tender coins of today are minted solely for the Treasury's account. It was placed under the auspices of the Treasurer of the United States in 1981. Under the Coinage Act of 1873, the Mint became part of the Department of the Treasury. It converted precious metals into standard coin for anyone's account with no seigniorage charge beyond the refining costs. Originally part of the State Department, the Mint was made an independent agency in 1799. Official Mints (Branches) were once also located in Carson City, Nevada Charlotte, North Carolina Dahlonega, Georgia New Orleans, Louisiana and in Manila, in the Philippines. It operates mint facilities in Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point, New York and a bullion depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Today, the Mint's headquarters (a non-coin-producing facility) are in Washington D.C. Per the terms of the Coinage Act, the first Mint building was in Philadelphia, the then capital of the United States it was the first building of the Republic raised under the Constitution. The current United States Mint was created by Congress with the Coinage Act of 1792, and originally placed within the Department of State. The first authorization for the establishment of a mint in the United States was in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation of February 21, 1782, and the first general-circulation coin of the United States, the Fugio cent, was produced in 1787 based on the Continental dollar. Today the building houses the San Francisco Historical Society. Branch Mint in California is located at 608–619 Commercial Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County. There are currently four active coin-producing mints: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point. 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. It does not produce paper money that responsibility belongs to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The United States Mint is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bullion.

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