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The '''Old Mint''' is located within the city walls of [[White Harbor]] on the [[Fishfoot Yard]]. It has huge oak and iron doors, which up until quite recently, to the best of [[Davos]]’s knowledge, had always been closed.{{Ref|aDwD|15}}   
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The '''Old Mint''' is located at [[Fishfoot Yard]] within the city walls of [[White Harbor]]. It has huge [[oak]] and [[iron]] doors.{{Ref|ADWD|15}}   
  
There are people living in the Old Mint. [[Davos]] glimpses hundreds of women and children and old men inside, huddled on the floor on piles of furs.  Some have little cookfires going.  
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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While at [[Winterfell]] for the [[harvest feast]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] meets with [[Bran Stark]], Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], and Maester [[Luwin]]. Having held back [[silver]] from [[King's Landing]], Wyman proposes to mint [[Currency|coinage]] at White Harbor for [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
  
The people living in the Old Mint have no other place to go. Most are [[smallfolk]] from up the [[White Knife]], some are [[Hornwood]]’s people too. With the Bastard of Bolton running loose they have sought sanctuary - they all want to be inside the city's walls, no doubt due to the Bastard of Bolton's dread reputation.  What Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] means to do with them no one knows.  Most of them turned up with no more than the rags on their backs.  
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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While in [[White Harbor]], [[Davos Seaworth]] notices that the Old Mint's doors are open, while they had always been closed during his previous visits to [[Fishfoot Yard]]. Davos glimpses hundreds of women, children, and old men huddled on its floor on piles of furs with small cookfires. An apple seller tells Davos that most of them are [[smallfolk]] from the [[White Knife]] or the [[Hornwood (forest)|Hornwood]] who have sought sanctuary in the city from [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]].{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
  
They eat by begging and stealing.  Lots of young girls have become prostitutes, the way girls always do when that’s all they have to sell. A boy that stands five feet tall can find a place in Lord [[Wyman Manderly]]’s barracks, as long as he can hold a spear.{{Ref|aDwD|15}}
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==References==
 
 
==References in the books==
 
===A Dance with Dragons===
 
While in [[Fishfoot Yard]] [[Davos]] notices that the Old Mint is open.  He asks the apple seller why. When he hears that the people staying in the Old Mint have come for sanctuary he despairs, thinking:
 
{{Quote|They came here for refuge, to a city untouched by the fighting, and here I turn up to drag them back into the war. {{Ref|aDwD|15}}}}
 
 
 
==References and Notes==
 
 
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Latest revision as of 23:36, 9 May 2021

The Old Mint is located at Fishfoot Yard within the city walls of White Harbor. It has huge oak and iron doors.[1]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

While at Winterfell for the harvest feast, Lord Wyman Manderly meets with Bran Stark, Ser Rodrik Cassel, and Maester Luwin. Having held back silver from King's Landing, Wyman proposes to mint coinage at White Harbor for Robb Stark, King in the North.[2]

A Dance with Dragons

While in White Harbor, Davos Seaworth notices that the Old Mint's doors are open, while they had always been closed during his previous visits to Fishfoot Yard. Davos glimpses hundreds of women, children, and old men huddled on its floor on piles of furs with small cookfires. An apple seller tells Davos that most of them are smallfolk from the White Knife or the Hornwood who have sought sanctuary in the city from Ramsay Bolton.[1]

References