Palacio de La Moneda, or simply La Moneda, is the seat of the president of the Republic of Chile. It also houses the offices of three cabinet ministers: Interior, General Secretariat of the Presidency, and General Secretariat of the Government. Located in downtown Santiago, it occupies an entire block in the Civic District, bordered by Moneda street to the north, Morandé street to the east, Alameda del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins to the south, and Teatinos street to the west.
View of La Moneda from the Plaza de la Constitución
George Johann Scharf, The Mint of Santiago. 1824
La Moneda Palace in 1872, as pictured by Recaredo Santos Tornero in Chile Ilustrado
Military parade in front of the Palacio de La Moneda in 1944
A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency.
United States Mint, Philadelphia
Bronze mold for minting banliang coins, Warring States period (475–221 BC), State of Qin, from an excavation in Qishan County, Baoji, Shaanxi province, China
Ionia, uncertain city (possibly Kyme, Aeolis) 600–550 BCE, Hemiobol. Horse head, rough incuse
A furnace for producing molten metal for coin production.