The Mint now pay face value for currency which is worn away through normal use, but anything badly damaged is not refunded and simply taken out of circulation.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12415609/Secret-Australian-coin-scam-finally-unravelled-police-Sydney.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The Mint Theater Company is staging “Becomes a Woman,” an early play written by Betty Smith, author of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.”

Source: https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/as-de-la-souls-music-finally-makes-it-to-streaming-artists-reflect-on-the-groups-influence-and-mourn-trugoy-the-dove