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Hi,

mint (Engl.) or munt (Dutch) stems from the Germanic/German word 'Münze' 
= coin. Just why something is called mint when it's as new, I dunno :-)

Cheers,

Recky

Hendrik Jan Veenstra wrote:

>Thoughts from the mind of Mark Lennox, 28-02-2002:
>
>>Now, does anybody know why the place of manufacture of coinage is called a
>>mint? I'm trying to think about the etymology of 'mint' but cant expand it,
>>my french and latin are too limited :-(
>>
>
>In Dutch, a coin is called a "munt".  The one place in Holland where 
>coins are made (around the corner from where I live, coincidentally) 
>is also called "De Munt" ('the coin').  Same etymology probably.
>

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