Northwest Territorial Mint

Northwest Territorial Mint based in Auburn, Washington is a full service mint, a precious metals dealer, and a minted products retailer.
Commemoratives
Since 1984, Northwest Territorial Mint has specialized in designing and creating custom coins, medallions, and related items for individuals and institutions worldwide. Its coins have been handed out by President Bush, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many other high-ranking military officers and elected officials. Its commemorative coins are available at Navy, Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard exchanges, and it is licensed to create and sell for many iconic American organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, Harley-Davidson, the U.S. Marshals, the U.S. Border Patrol, Coast Guard, the International Association of Fire Fighters and the National Rifle Association.
Bullion
Northwest Territorial Mint is also a major dealer in bullion related items for industry and personal investing. Various forms of gold, silver, platinum & palladium bullion are sold via phone, email and on a walk-in basis. An authorized dealer of the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf and American Eagle bullion coins. Northwest Territorial Mint does a substantial amount of bullion transactions each month and during an economic downturn, it is a thriving business.
Northwest Territorial Mint has a number of signature bullion minted to a high degree of quality and is the authorized mint for Pan American bullion. Northwest Territorial Mint has a number of bullion items such as , the Stagecoach silver bars with a unique divisible slice design that allows you to literally split up a 1 ounce bar into 4 individual 1/4 ounce pieces. (not that you would want to do so)
Other unique bullion products of special interest are the specialty jewelry items, featuring the
Custom Minting
Northwest Territorial Mint owner Ross Hansen, has grown the once small company into an industry giant with a very diverse supplier of a variety of bullion products as well as a provider of custom minting services to individuals and organizations alike. The range of custom minted coins range from corporate to novelty items. You can take a look at what they have produced in the past in the way of custom minting projects.
Challenge Coins
Another feather in the cap of Northwest Territorial Mint is that they have the widest and largest online store of quality custom coins and products. One such popular and iconic item is the challenge coin. The challenge coin has been an American tradition for the US Armed forces for many decades. Northwest Territorial Mint manufactures in house, a wide array of challenge coins for our American heroes and has also become the company of choice for many Police and Fire Departments who want their custom minted medallions brought to a realization. View some [http://store.nwtmint.com/ challenge coins in their 3,000+ item store].
Locations
Northwest Territorial Mint operates six locations across the country, including the recently-purchased Medallic Art facility in Dayton, Nevada. The locations include corporate offices and minting facility in Auburn, Washington as well as a die-cutting facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a sales office in Springfield, Virginia, and a retail store in The Pentagon.
Recent events
In July 2009, Military Service Company's challenge coin business was purchased by Northwest Territorial Mint.
After a July 2009 purchase, respected awards manufacturer Medallic Art Company operates under the management of Northwest Territorial Mint.
Controversy
In 2002, the Washington state Human Rights Commission determined that the mint discriminated against a black customer when he refused to create unlicensed products with the likenesses of Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X. The mint contended that the customer did not have proper permission to use the likenesses of famous people; however, a representative of the customer alleged that the mint owner had used a racial slur. The mint's owner was ordered to pay the man $6,000 in damages, and all of the mint's workers were required to take racial sensitivity classes.

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