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
Liberty of the Mint "Trivia". It is the refuge of the outlaw Jack Sheppard in William Harrison Ainsworth's novel "Jack Sheppard" (1839) and in the novel "The System of the World" by Neal Stephenson. The only remnant of the Mint is a street in the location named "Mint Street". Liberty of the Mint The Mint was a district in Southwark, south London, England, on the west side of Borough High Street, around where Marshalsea Road is now located. It was so named because a mint authorised by King Henry VIII was set up in Suffolk Place, a mansion house, in about 1543. The mint