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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2622350, member: 66&quot;]And make every cent cost three cents apiece to make instead of 1.5 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Camero is correct.&nbsp; The headquarters is in Washington NOW, but that wasn&#039;t always the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the mint first began there was one the one in Philadelphia and it was headed by the Director of the Mint.&nbsp; Its official title was &quot;The United States Mint&quot;.&nbsp; When the other mints were opened, their Official titles were&nbsp; &quot;U.S. Branch Mint in Xxxxx&quot;.&nbsp; They were headed by Superintendents and they answered to the Director in Philadelphia.&nbsp; In 1873 the headquarters of the mint was moved to Washington&nbsp; and the Directorship moved there. (Henry Linderman became the first Director to serve in Washington.)&nbsp; The Philadelphia mint was now also headed by a Superintendent that answered to the Director in Washington (James Pollock, who had been the Director became the Superintendent).&nbsp; The official titles of all the mints changed to the &quot;U.S. Mint in Xxxxx&quot; and they were no longer &quot;Branch mints&quot;.&nbsp; This change is seen in official correspondence between the mints.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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