Christina,
I know you said you want more than just current countries, but I thought I would share a site I stumbled across with you and everyone else. Go to cia.gov (yes, the CIA's web-site

) look for "World Fact Book" under "Quick Links" on the upper right side. It is an immensely detailed "catalog" of every country in the world. They also have the flags of all the countries in .gif format, and some nice maps. It's all download-able.
One of the pages is a list of countries. Of course, it doesn't say which ones have mints, but there is an amazing amount of information here. (As there should be. It's the CIA!)
Ever wondered how many paved airport runways Ethiopia has?

Answer:15 See what I mean!?!?!
