Japan Mint
building in Kita-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
The Japan Mint (独立行政法人 造幣局, Dokuritsu Gyōsei Hōjin Zōheikyoku) is an Incorporated Administrative Agency. It is a special type of semi-governmental entity in Japan.[1]
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The mint has its Head office in Osaka with branches in Tokyo and Hiroshima.
History
changeThe Meiji government established the Japan Mint.
In the early Meiji era, paper currency was printed by Dondorf and Naumann in Germany.[2]
A proposal to construct a banknote manufacturing plant in Japan was approved in December 1874. A two-story Western red brick building was completed in October 1876.[3]
The Mint became an Incorporated Administrative Agency on April 1, 2003.[4]
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 独立行政法人一覧 ("The List of Independent Administrative Institutions"), 2009; retrieved 2012-2-4.
- ↑ Boling, Joseph E. "Building a National Currency -- Japan, 1868-1899," Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine 1996.
- ↑ National Archives of Japan, Digital Gallery, Drawings, Japan Mint Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-9.
- ↑ Japan Mint, History Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-2-9.
Other websites
change- http://www.mint.go.jp/eng/index.html Archived 2013-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, http://www.mint.go.jp/index.html Archived 2006-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Building a national currency (1868-1899) Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
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