Hôtel de la Monnaie, Nancy, former mint in Nancy, France

The Hôtel de la Monnaie is a former mint built by architect Germain Boffrand between 1721 and 1725 on Rue de la Monnaie in Nancy's Ville-vieille. Its long pale stone facade rises several storeys, with tall rectangular windows in recessed frames. Near ground level a rounded stone archway with a fanlight is flanked by windows protected by curved metal grilles, and a projecting bay holds a tall arched doorway with dark double doors and a small round window above.

Built from 1721 to 1725 as a mint for the region, the building played an important role in the local economy until the 19th century. In 1944 it was recognized as a historical monument and partially protected to preserve its exterior appearance.

The building's name reflects its original purpose as a place where coins were produced and stored. The street it stands on, Rue de la Monnaie, serves as a daily reminder of this economic function in Nancy's past. Its solid construction shows the craftsmanship that made local manufacturing important to the region.

The building stands on Rue de la Monnaie in Nancy's Ville-vieille, between Rue d'Amerval and Rue Gustave-Simon; the inner courtyard is reached through the Impasse du Bon-Pays. The archives it once held moved in November 2021 to the Centre des mémoires Michel-Dinet, in the former teachers' training college, so the former mint is not an archive reading room today. The entrance door, panels and transom included, was listed as a monument historique on 12 April 1944.

The archives held here until 2021 included most of the records of the Dukes of Lorraine, the Trésor des Chartes de Lorraine, Nancy having been their capital; part of the ducal funds went to Vienna with François III. Since November 2021 the archives are at the Centre des mémoires Michel-Dinet, in the former teachers' training college.