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- noun The
superintendent of amint , wheremoney iscoined .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Von NotHaus who served 25 years as the mintmaster for the Royal Hawaiian Mint told reporters "they [the Feds] took everything, all of the computers, everything but the desks and chairs," Busting into the Sunshine Mint in Coer D'Alene, Idaho, the company that manufactures Norfed's coins, the FBI made off with huge pallets of silver and gold coins baring images of Ron Paul that were worth more than one million 'Fed dollars.'
Worried Feds Likely To Arrest Mickey Mouse For Dollar Impersonation 2008
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As our narrative unfolds, Brutus had the mintmaster cease minting coins with Caesar's image and he has these replaced with his own special commemorative coins.
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'Daughter,' said the mintmaster, 'go into one side of the scales.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Mrs. Sewall obeyed, and then the mintmaster had his strongbox brought in, an immense ironbound oaken chest, which the servants were obliged to drag over the floor.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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English history -- the grim Puritanic times, when good old John Hull, the mintmaster, regulated the finances of the colonies, and filled his own pockets with pine-tree shillings and sixpences; the horrors of Danton and Marat; marking faithfully each historic change from orient to
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Then the mintmaster unlocked the chest, and ordered the servants to fill the other side of the scales with shillings and sixpences.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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All the old silver in the colony, wornout plate, battered tankards, buckles, and spoons, and especially the bullion seized by the buccaneers then sailing the Spanish Main (for all was honest that came to Hull's melting pot), was brought in for coinage, and the mintmaster rapidly grew to be the millionnaire of the colony, and suitors came from far and wide for the hand of his daughter.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Hull, the mintmaster, roughly gave his consent: "Take her," said he, "and you will find her a heavy burden enough."
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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John Hull was appointed the mintmaster, and was to have one shilling in every twenty for his labor.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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The $2.95/month listed by mintmaster is for a Dirt Cheap DID with unlimited incoming.
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