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mintIn botany, any aromatic plant of the mint family, widely distributed in temperate regions. The plants have square stems, creeping roots, and spikes of usually pink or purplish flowers. The family includes garden mint (M. spicata) and peppermint (M. piperita). (Genus Mentha, family Labiatae.) mintIn economics, a place where coins are stamped from metal under government authority. In the US the official mint is the Bureau of the Mint, which was established by the Coining Act 1792 in Philadelphia. The US Mint, a division of the Treasury Department, operates six facilities across the country, located at Denver, Fort Knox, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and West Point. It directs the coinage of money, the manufacture of medals, and the custody of bullion. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The magistrates soon began to suspect that the mint master would have the best of the bargain. This I did effectually, for I went into the Mint too, took lodgings in a very private place, dressed up in the habit of a widow, and called myself Mrs. If my start from Camelot could have been delayed a very few days I could have paid these people in beautiful new coins from our own mint, and that would have pleased me; and them, too, not less. |
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