United States Mint

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/united-states-mint

1. When was United States Mint built?
2. What is the location of active coin-producing mints?
3. What is the primary governmental affiliation?
4. Why was the United States Mint created in 1792?
5. Where are the different U.S. Mint locations and what do their mint marks mean?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was United States Mint built?1792
2. What is the location of active coin-producing mints?Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Denver, Colorado; San Francisco, California; and West Point, New York
3. What is the primary governmental affiliation?Bureau of the Department of the Treasury
4. Why was the United States Mint created in 1792?It helped the new country have its own money instead of using foreign coins and showed that America could run its own economy.
5. Where are the different U.S. Mint locations and what do their mint marks mean?The main mint is in Philadelphia (P), and there are others in Denver (D), San Francisco (S), and West Point (W). The letter on a coin tells where it was made.

Numismatics: The study or collection of coins, paper money, and medals.
Bullion Reserves: Stocks of precious metals, typically gold or silver, held by a government or financial institution.
Circulating Coinage: Coins intended for general use in everyday economic transactions by the public.
Mint Mark: A specific symbol or letter stamped onto a coin to denote the minting facility where it was produced.