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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 2596380, member: 30400&quot;]Like &quot;branch Mint&quot; too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the Coinage Act of 1873 which moved the Mint Director at Philadelphia to the new Mint Bureau in D.C. (reporting to the Treasury Sec&#039;y), and installed a superintendent in Philly just like the other locations, all Mints were deemed equal (though clearly Philly maintained some extra responsibility for things like design and engraving). The names of the Mints were also revised for consistency and equality.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yet we still see terms like branch mint and penny used casually by these agencies.</p><p>Lance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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