The following is a list of United States mints, past and present:

Location	Years of operation	Mint mark	Notes
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mint The Philadelphia Mint was created from the need to establish a national identity and the needs of commerce in the United States. This led the Founding Fathers of the United States to make an establishment of a continental national mint a main priority after the ratification of the Constitution of...	1793–	P or none	Pennies and other coins struck prior to 1980 do not carry Philadelphia mint marks, except for Susan B. Anthony dollar Susan B. Anthony dollar The Susan B. Anthony dollar is a United States coin minted from 1979 to 1981, and again in 1999. It depicts women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony on a dollar coin. It was the first circulating U.S. coin with the portrait of an actual woman rather than an allegorical female figure such as... s and wartime Jefferson nickels. Although the mint officially opened in 1792, no regular issue coins were struck until 1793.
Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Mint The Charlotte Mint was a branch of the United States Mint that came into existence on March 3, 1835 during the Carolina Gold Rush. The first gold mine in the United States was established in North Carolina at the Reed Gold Mine...	1838–1861	C	gold coins only
Dahlonega, Georgia Dahlonega Mint The Dahlonega Mint was a branch of the United States Mint. It was located at 34°31.8′N 83°59.2′W at Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Coins produced at the Dahlonega Mint bear the "D" mint mark. That mint mark is used today by the Denver Mint, which opened many years after the Dahlonega Mint...	1838–1861	D	gold coins only
New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Mint The New Orleans Mint operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination, with a total face value of over...	1838–1909	O	There was a long break in production from the beginning of the Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...  (1861) until the end of Reconstruction (1879).
Carson City, Nevada Carson City Mint The Carson City Mint was a branch of the United States Mint in Carson City, Nevada. Built at the peak of the silver boom, 50 issues of silver coins and 57 issues of gold coins minted here between 1870 and 1893 bore the "CC" mint mark...	1870–1893	CC
San Francisco, California San Francisco Mint The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint, and was opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush. It quickly outgrew its first building and moved into a new one in 1874. This building, the Old United States Mint, also known affectionately as The Granite Lady,...	1854–	S or none	Since 1975, strikes only proof coinage, except for the Susan B. Anthony dollar Susan B. Anthony dollar The Susan B. Anthony dollar is a United States coin minted from 1979 to 1981, and again in 1999. It depicts women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony on a dollar coin. It was the first circulating U.S. coin with the portrait of an actual woman rather than an allegorical female figure such as... .
Denver, Colorado Denver Mint The Denver Mint is a branch of the United States Mint that struck its first coins on February 1, 1906. The mint is still operating and producing coins for circulation, as well as mint sets and commemorative coins. Coins produced at the Denver Mint bear a D mint mark...	1906–	D
West Point, New York West Point Mint The West Point Mint Facility was erected in 1937 near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. Originally it was called the West Point Bullion Depository. At one point it had the highest concentration of silver of any U.S. mint facility, and for 35 years produced circulating pennies...	1973–	W or none	Commemorative coins bear the W mint mark; circulating coins are indistinguishable from coinage struck in Philadelphia.
Manila, Philippines Manila Mint The Manila Mint was a branch of the United States Mint, located in Manila, now the capital city of the Philippines.Originally constructed from 1857 through 1861 under the auspices of the Spanish government, the "Casa de Moneda" began issuing gold coinage in the denominations of one, two, and four...	1920–1922 1925-1941		The first (and to date only) U.S. branch mint located outside the Continental United States.

Between 1965–1967 all coins were struck without mint marks, in the belief that a coin shortage was due to zealous coin collectors. The real reason was the removal of most silver from the coinage, which led to hoarding of silver-based coins as predicted by Gresham's Law

Gresham's Law

Gresham's law is an economic principle that states: "When a government compulsorily overvalues one type of money and undervalues another, the undervalued money will leave the country or disappear from circulation into hoards, while the overvalued money will flood into circulation." It is commonly...

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Pioneer coinage, tokens, private issue coins and paper money do not have official mint marks.

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