Uncle Joe's Mint Balls 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 tin as "suitable for vegans". The words "Gluten Free" are also on the tin lid. The early mint balls were made by William Santus' wife, Ellen, before production moved to a factory near Wigan Wallgate railway station in 1919. The packaging,
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