Minters' Guild

The Minters' Guild was an ancient department within the Galactic Republic tasked with minting and, through banks and the public market, distributing Republic currency. Initially, the Minters' Guild was an independent department until it was reformed in c. 400 BBY as the Bureau of Currency Production and Distribution, a branch of the Ministry of Finance.

The first official Republic were denars, which were gradually replaced by pennies and then credits. These currencies took the form of metal coins or ingots, though modern credits were also produced as notes. The style traditionally used by Republic minters for manufacturing coins was copied by numerous other governments, leading to various other currencies including the solidus, the drachma, the koson, the thaler/dollar, the ducat, the florin, and the lira, among other coins.

The head of the Minters' Guild was initially known as the Master of the Mint (or "Mintmaster"), though after the reformation the Bureau was overseen by an appointed Director. Their main minting factory was located in the Corporate District on Coruscant in the lower levels of the massive Central Federal Reserve Bank, which also housed offices and members of various other economy-related bureaus and agencies. Other mints were found on Corellia, Alderaan, and Anaxes, which were all protected by private security guards.