Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of minting coins.
- noun Coins manufactured in a mint.
- noun The fee paid to a mint by a government.
- noun The impression stamped on a coin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coin bearing the initial of a particular mint: thus the San Francisco mint is represented by a small S on the reverse.
- noun The act of coining or fabricating; formation; production by or as if by minting.
- noun That which is minted, or formed by or as if by coining or stamping: hence, a fabrication or manufacture; a coinage.
- noun The charge for or cost of minting; the duty or allowance for coinage; seigniorage on coins.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The coin, or other production, made in a mint.
- noun The duty paid to the mint for coining. At one time people could bring precious metals, as gold or silver, to a mint and receive in return coins of the same value, minus the commision charged by the mint, which was the
mintage . - noun The act or process of minting{1}.
- noun The quantity of coins of a specific type made by the mint.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of
minting coins - noun The
batch of coins minted at one time - noun Coins collectively;
specie - noun The
fee paid to a mint
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun coins collectively
- noun act or process of minting coins
- noun fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin
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Examples
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The low mintage 1844 issue was hoarded by the late Frank Ross, who then publicized the rarity of the date, though the mintage is the fifth smallest of the series, not the smallest.
Liberty Seated Dime, Stars, Drapery, 1840-1860 : Coin Guide 2009
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Approximately 150 1864 proof coins were minted without the L; the combined 1864 mintage is the lowest for the type)
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The low mintage 1844 issue was hoarded by the late Frank Ross, who then publicized the rarity of the date, though the mintage is the fifth smallest of the series, not the smallest.
Liberty Seated Dime, Stars, Drapery, 1840-1860 : Coin Guide 2009
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The previously circulated coin mintage value was figured using the following formula. ((number of coins produced) melted) * (the coins silver content in ounces per individual coin) Note: the 1.7 billion float of silver is conservative, If you wish to increase the amount of silver coins you feel were melted in the Pittman Act, or from the Hunt
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The previously circulated coin mintage value was figured using the following formula. ((number of coins produced) melted) * (the coins silver content in ounces per individual coin) Note: the 1.7 billion float of silver is conservative, If you wish to increase the amount of silver coins you feel were melted in the Pittman Act, or from the Hunt Brothers incident, please then add the total manufactured in circulation coins for all the other countries besides the US.
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The 1805 date, the second lowest mintage of the type, is priced higher all dates (except 1802) as VF30 or finer, and is uncommon in Mint State.
Draped Bust Half Dime, Heraldic Eagle, 1800-1805 : Coin Guide 2009
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For reasons unexplained, the arrows were removed (again) for the 1875 mintage, and half dollars continued in that style through the end of the series in 1891.
Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Motto, With Drapery, Arrows, 1873-1874 : Coin Guide 2009
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The mintage limit for the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar is set at 350,000 coins across all product options.
American Veterans Silver Dollar Available from the US Mint Today : Coin Collecting News 2010
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By 1814, an economic recession and an associated decline in silver and gold deposits drastically reduced the mintage of precious metal coinage.
Look What I Dug Up! 1817/4 Half Dollar : Coin Collecting News 2009
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· 1864 Gem Uncirculated-Lightly toned, low mintage Civil War date.
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