 Manila Mint

The Manila Mint () was a coinage mint that briefly served as 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" (as it was called then) began issuing gold coinage in the denominations of one, two, and four Pesos in 1861.