Mint of Navarre and Béarn

The Mint of Navarre and Béarn (French: Monnaie de Navarre et Béarn) was formed through the merger of the Mint of Navarre (French: Monnaie de Navarre) in Saint-Palais, whose construction was originally authorized by Charles the Bad in 1351, and placed under the authority of the Chambre des Comptes of Navarre on 4 January 1527, with the two Mints of Béarn (French: Monnaies de Béarn) in Pau and Morlaàs, in Béarn, in 1562.

The physical buildings that housed the mints were typically called the "Hôtel de la Monnaie." In some cases they are called the "Château de la Monnaie". In both Morlaàs and Pau, the mints had their origins in the official residences of the Viscount of Béarn in Morlaàs and of the Kings of Navarre in Pau respectively. The tower of the Château de Pau in which the mint was located was called the "Tour de la Monnaie".

A mint itself, in addition to being called by its proper name, such as the Monnaie de Saint-Palais or Monnaie de Pau, is often referred to as a ferme de monnaie and an atelier de la monnaie, or collectively as ateliers monétaires, in older French literature and records. In Béarnese, one sees the name secque (also seque and socques), as well as moneda and monederie, to designate the mint or monetary workshop. The Béarnese secque has the same meaning as zecca in Italian, and is most likely directly derived from the Arabic word sekkah (English: a die used to strike coins), because of the proximity to Spain.

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