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entity_slug: mint_price
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:53:27.035457'
overall_score: 4.0
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly identifies mint price as the official rate for
    coining bullion into currency and establishes its role as a reference point for
    market price analysis. It's precise and non-circular, though it could be slightly
    more specific about the institutional authority setting this price.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This concept is well-grounded in Smith's actual text, particularly in
    Book I, Chapter 5 where he extensively discusses the mint price of gold and silver
    as benchmarks for understanding market fluctuations. Smith explicitly uses mint
    price as a analytical tool throughout his monetary discussions.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"Regulation" is an appropriate domain since mint price represents government-set
    official valuations that influence market behavior. However, it could arguably
    also fit in a "Monetary Theory" or "Price Mechanisms" domain given its central
    role in Smith''s analysis of precious metal markets.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: Mint price maps reasonably well to S3 (internal regulation) as it represents
    an official standard that regulates the monetary system's internal operations.
    It also has some S2 characteristics as a coordination mechanism that helps stabilize
    currency valuation, though the mapping isn't as natural as for operational concepts.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity provides genuine explanatory power by illuminating the mechanism
    through which official valuations interact with market forces in Smith's monetary
    theory. It's not merely descriptive but reveals an important structural relationship
    between government policy and market dynamics.
---

# Evaluation: Mint Price

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly identifies mint price as the official rate for coining bullion into currency and establishes its role as a reference point for market price analysis. It's precise and non-circular, though it could be slightly more specific about the institutional authority setting this price.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This concept is well-grounded in Smith's actual text, particularly in Book I, Chapter 5 where he extensively discusses the mint price of gold and silver as benchmarks for understanding market fluctuations. Smith explicitly uses mint price as a analytical tool throughout his monetary discussions.

## domain_placement — 4.0 / 5.0

"Regulation" is an appropriate domain since mint price represents government-set official valuations that influence market behavior. However, it could arguably also fit in a "Monetary Theory" or "Price Mechanisms" domain given its central role in Smith's analysis of precious metal markets.

## vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0

Mint price maps reasonably well to S3 (internal regulation) as it represents an official standard that regulates the monetary system's internal operations. It also has some S2 characteristics as a coordination mechanism that helps stabilize currency valuation, though the mapping isn't as natural as for operational concepts.

## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity provides genuine explanatory power by illuminating the mechanism through which official valuations interact with market forces in Smith's monetary theory. It's not merely descriptive but reveals an important structural relationship between government policy and market dynamics.
