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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3956067, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;m not really sure what you&#039;re wanting to know here. Explaining why you&#039;re asking the question would go a long way towards understanding.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if it helps you understand; the parent organization is the US Treasury. The US Mint is a department of the US Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a department of the US Treasury, the US Assay Office is a department of the US Treasury. All three of these departments do different things and have different responsibilities, but they all answer to and are under the jurisdiction of the US Treasury.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a nutshell, the Mint make coins; the BEP prints paper money; the Assay Office assays precious metals, <b>and</b> they accept precious metals from the public so the Mint can turn those metals into coins for them. But that is rarely done anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now beyond that what is it you really want to know ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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