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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;horge, post: 174997, member: 7167&quot;]Hi.</p><p>The Manila Mint operated from 1920 to 1941.</p><p><b>It did not ever reopen after the war</b>, as the building (formerly the Intendencia, being only blocks </p><p>away from the location of the old Spanish colonial mint or <i>Casa de moneda de Manila</i>,)&nbsp; was </p><p>too severely damaged by U.S. ordnance, in liberating the city from entrenched Japanese forces.</p><p>(If there are any WW2 U.S. veterans here, you have my profound gratitude and admiration.)</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1998, the Spanish government extended funding for the restoration of the old (U.S.) Manila Mint</p><p>(Intendencia) building, to serve as the new home of the Philippine National Archives (RMAO), but </p><p>work towards this end has been frustratingly slow. I&nbsp; happened to drive by the ruins just this </p><p>Saturday morning.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1975, a new mint was established far north of Manila, in Quezon City. It operates to this day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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