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RE: [L-OT] The Meaning of MINT

2002-02-28 by Richmond, James (James) ** CTR **

>I'm trying to think about the etymology of 'mint' but cant expand it,
>my french and latin are too limited :-(

from dictionary.com

mint

\Mint\, n. [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money,
fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin
to monere to warn, admonish, AS. manian, and to E. mind. See Mind, and
cf. Money, Monition.] 1. A place where money is coined by public
authority. 

JR

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