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state mint

造幣局 ／ state-mint　—　Making

The office through which a state makes all its coin in one place.

Gold ducat Gold ducatEstablished 1586 Keichō koban Keichō kobanAD 1601–1695 Crown of William III Crown of William III1696
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When a state consolidates its scattered mints into one, coinage of a uniform standard circulates throughout the country. The unification of coinage was, in many cases, first the unification of minting.