Uncle Joe's Mint Balls its home games at the DW Stadium On 16 February 2011, Wm Santus' Dorning Street factory produced the two-billionth Uncle Joe's Mint Ball, which was encased in resin and placed on display at the Museum of Wigan Life until 17 March. Uncle Joe's Mint Balls Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are mints produced by Wm Santus & Co. Ltd. in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England since 1898. Despite their name, the mints are not truly spherical but oblate spheroids. The ingredients of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are: pure cane sugar, oil of peppermint and cream of tartar and are described on the
Mint Act 1817 with the Warden's duties becoming those of Master and Worker and Scottish mint responsibilities held by the English Master of the Mint. Mint Act 1817 The Mint Act 1817 (67 George III, c 57) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which changed the organisational structure of the mints in England and Scotland which today make up the Royal Mint. The act's full title was ""An Act to regulate certain offices in, and abolish others in his majesty's mints in England and Scotland respectively."" The act stipulated that after the termination of the last Warden of the