The Us Mint
The following is a list of United States mints, past and present:
The United States Mint was created by Congress on April 2, 1792. President George Washington placed the Mint under the supervision of the Department of State. The Mint was made an independent agency in 1799, and under the Coinage Act of 1873 became a bureau of the Treasury Department. The bureau was named the United States Mint in 1984. Built in 1835, the Old U.S. Mint is the only building in America to have served both as a United States and a Confederate Mint. President Andrew Jackson advocated the Mint's establishment in order to help finance development of the nation's western frontier.Today's visitor finds a number of stunning permanent exhibits in the Old U.S. Mint including displays of coins that were minted there. A Spotlight on the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) The Monnaie de Paris, or the Mint of Paris, which is France’s official national mint, is the world’s oldest continuously.
| Location | Years of operation | Mint mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1792– | P or none | Pennies and other coins struck prior to 1980 do not carry Philadelphia mint marks, except for Susan B. Anthony dollars and wartime Jefferson nickels. Although the mint officially opened in 1792, no regular issue coins were struck until 1793. |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 1838–1861 | C | gold coins only |
| Dahlonega, Georgia | 1838–1861 | D | gold coins only |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 1838–1909 | O | There was a long break in production from the beginning of the Civil War (1861) until the end of Reconstruction (1879). |
| Carson City, Nevada | 1870–1893 | CC | |
| San Francisco, California | 1854– | S or none | Since 1975, strikes only proofs and other collector coinage, except for the Susan B. Anthony dollar. |
| Denver, Colorado | 1906– | D or none | |
| West Point, New York | 1937– | W or none | Commemorative coins bear the W mint mark; circulating coins are indistinguishable from coinage struck in Philadelphia, excepting certain special issues since 2019. |
| Manila, Philippines | 1920–1922 1925–1941 | M or none | The first (and to date only) U.S. branch mint located outside the Continental United States. Produced coinage in centavo denominations for Philippines circulation. |
United States Mint Official Website
From 1965 to 1967 all U.S. coins were struck without mint marks. As it was clear from Gresham's law that the rising cost of silver (and the ensuing removal of most silver from coinage in 1965) led to hoarding or even melting of silver-based pre-1965 coins, overzealous collection of specific mint marks of those years by numismatists almost certainly would have exacerbated those shortages.
Pioneer coinage, tokens, private issue coins and paper money do not have official mint marks.
