United States, 1960-2010 AD., Philadelphia mint, uncirculated mint set Token.

United States, Philadelphia mint, uncirculated mint set token, ca. 1960-2010 AD.,
Token / Medal (ø 19 mm / 2,56 g), copper, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: * TREASURY * / UNITED STATES MINT , legend around seal of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, an escutcheon: Chevron with thirteen stars, scales of Justice on top, and a key below.
Rev.: • UNCIRCULATED • / PHILADELPHIA / P , big P, legend around.
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A token that is included within all the U.S. Mint Uncirculated Coin Sets. It's not a coin, but a Mint token included in every US Mint coin set. A Mint Set from the US Mint contains uncirculated specimens of current coins. The mint makes oodles of them and sells them to collectors at exorbitant prices. Packaged with some of these sets is a small copper token with P (Philadelphia) or D (Denver) on one site. Enterprising coin dealers break the sets apart and sell the uncirculated coins separately. What is left, then, are oodles of unsold P or D tokens.

The Philadelphia Mint was created from the need to establish a national identity and the needs of commerce in the United States. This led the Founding Fathers of the United States to make an establishment of a continental national mint a main priority after the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
The Coinage Act of 1792 was entered into law on April 2. It proclaimed the creation of the United States Mint. Philadelphia at that time was the nation's capital; therefore the first mint facility was built there. The Mint Act also instituted a decimal system based on a dollar unit; specified weights, metallic composition and fineness; and required each United States coin feature "an impression emblematic of liberty".