Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
MINT
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English minte, from Old English, from Latin mentha, menta; akin to Greek minthē mint Date: before 12th century any of a family (Labiatae, the mint family) of aromatic plants with a square stem and a 4-lobed ovary which produces four one-seeded nutlets in fruit, a confection flavored with mint, minty adjective
II. noun
Etymology: Middle English mynt coin, money, from Old English mynet, from Latin moneta mint, coin, from Moneta, epithet of Juno; from the fact that the Romans coined money in the temple of Juno Moneta
Date: 15th century
a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made, a place where something is manufactured, a vast sum or amount ,
III. transitive verb
Date: circa 1520
to make (as coins) out of metal ; coin , create , produce , to cause to attain an indicated status , minter noun
IV. adjective
Date: 1902
unmarred as if fresh from a mint