diff --git a/src/components/Admin.vue b/src/components/Admin.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..820249f
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+++ b/src/components/Admin.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+<template>
+
+    <b-card class="text-center border-0">
+  
+      <h4 class="mb-4">Minting Transaction</h4>
+  
+      <b-form @submit.prevent="sendMintTransaction">
+  
+        <b-form-group class="mb-4">
+  
+          <div class="form-label-left">
+            <b-form-label for="public-key-input">Mint to</b-form-label>
+          </div>
+  
+          <!-- input field for the public key to mint to -->
+          <b-form-input
+            id="public-key-input"
+            name="public-key"
+            v-model="$v.form.mintingPublicKey.$model"
+            :state="validateState('mintingPublicKey')"
+            label="Minting to"
+            aria-describedby="address-help"
+            type="text"
+            placeholder="Enter public key"
+            required
+          ></b-form-input>
+  
+          <!-- describes the feedback area in the form if an invalid amount is entered -->
+          <b-form-invalid-feedback id="public-key-feedback" aria-describedby="address-help">
+            Address must be of the form e.g. usd1....xyz
+          </b-form-invalid-feedback>
+  
+        </b-form-group>
+  
+        <!-- field for the denomination of utxos to mint -->
+        <div class="form-row mb-4">
+          
+          <b-form-group class="col-md-6">
+  
+            <div class="form-label-left">
+              <b-form-label for="denomination-input">Value of UTXO</b-form-label>
+            </div>
+  
+            <!-- input field for the denomination of the token to mint -->
+            <b-form-input
+              id="denomination-input"
+              name="denomination"
+              v-model="$v.form.mintingValue.$model"
+              :state="validateState('mintingValue')"
+              label="Value of UTXO"
+              aria-describedby="number-format-help"
+              placeholder="Enter denomination"
+              required
+            ></b-form-input>
+  
+            <!-- describes the feedback that the form displays when a number is not in the correct format -->
+            <b-form-invalid-feedback id="denomination-input-feedback" aria-describedby="number-format-help">
+              Denomination must be in form 0.00
+            </b-form-invalid-feedback>
+  
+          </b-form-group>
+  
+          <!-- input field for the number of utxos to mint -->
+          <b-form-group class="col-md-6">
+  
+            <div class="form-label-left">
+              <b-form-label for="amount-input">Number of UTXOs to Mint</b-form-label>
+            </div>
+  
+            <!-- form input area for specifying the amount of utxos to mint -->
+            <b-form-input
+              id="amount-input"
+              name="amount-to-mint"
+              v-model="$v.form.mintingAmount.$model"
+              :state="validateState('mintingAmount')"
+              label="Amount of UTXO"
+              aria-describedby="amount-format-help"
+              type="number"
+              placeholder="Enter amount to mint"
+              required
+            ></b-form-input>
+  
+            <!-- describes the feedback that the form displays when an amount is not in the correct format -->
+            <b-form-invalid-feedback id="number-input-feedback" aria-describedby="amount-format-help">
+              Amount must be a positive integer
+            </b-form-invalid-feedback>
+  
+          </b-form-group>
+          
+        </div>
+  
+        <!-- button for sending the mint transaction -->
+        <b-button class="send-button mb-4" type="submit" variant="primary">Send Mint Transaction</b-button>
+  
+      </b-form>
+  
+      <!-- display a message if the form send was successful or not -->
+      <div v-if="message" class="alert" :class="messageType">
+        {{ message }}
+      </div>
+  
+    </b-card>
+  
+  </template>
+  
+  <script>
+  
+  // import the necessary packages for validating the field inputs
+  import { validationMixin } from "vuelidate";
+  import { required, minLength } from "vuelidate/lib/validators";
+  
+  // create a custom validator for checking the number format
+  const numberFormatValidator = (amount) => {
+    const regex = /^\d+(\.\d{1,2})?$/;
+    return regex.test(amount);
+  }
+  
+  // create a custom validator for checking the amount to mint
+  const amountFormatValidator = (amount) => {
+    const numericAmount = Number(amount);
+    return Number.isInteger(numericAmount) && numericAmount > 0
+  }
+  
+  export default {
+  
+    // define a name for the vue component 
+    name: 'Admin',
+    mixins: [validationMixin],
+  
+    // define the reactive properties and local state of the component
+    data() {
+    return {
+      form: {
+        mintingPublicKey: '',
+        mintingValue: '',
+        mintingAmount: ''
+      },
+      message: '',
+      messageType: 'alert-info'
+    };
+  },
+  
+  // declare the validation rules
+  validations: {
+      form: {
+        mintingPublicKey: {
+          required,
+          minLength: minLength(63)
+        },
+        mintingValue: {
+          required,
+          numberFormatValidator
+        },
+        mintingAmount: {
+          required,
+          amountFormatValidator
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  
+    // declare the methods for the admin component
+    methods: {
+  
+      // validate the state of one of the form input fields based on its name
+      validateState(name) {
+          const { $dirty, $error } = this.$v.form[name];
+          return $dirty ? !$error : null;
+        },
+  
+      sendMintTransaction() {
+        this.$v.$touch(); // mark all fields as touched
+        if (this.$v.$invalid) {
+          this.message = 'Please fix the errors before submitting.';
+          this.messageType = 'alert-danger';
+          return;
+        }
+  
+        // handle successful submission
+        this.message = 'Minting transaction sent.';
+        this.messageType = 'alert-success';
+  
+        // TODO: implement sending the minting transaction logic here
+  
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  
+  </script>
+  
+  <style scoped>
+  
+  .alert {
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    padding: 10px;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+  }
+  
+  .alert-info {
+    background-color: #d9edf7;
+    color: #31708f;
+  }
+  
+  .alert-success {
+    background-color: #dff0d8;
+    color: #3c763d;
+  }
+  
+  .send-button {
+    background-color: hsl(185, 57%, 50%);
+    border: hsl(185, 57%, 50%);
+  }
+  
+  .send-button:hover {
+    background-color: hsl(185, 50%, 56%);
+    border: hsl(185, 50%, 56%);
+  }
+  
+  .send-button:focus,
+  .send-button:active {
+    background-color: hsl(185, 57%, 50%) !important;
+    border-color: hsl(185, 57%, 50%) !important;
+    box-shadow: none;
+  }
+  
+  .form-row {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+  }
+  
+  .form-row .col-md-6 {
+    flex: 1;
+    padding: 0 10px;
+  }
+  
+  .mb-4 {
+    margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+  }
+  
+  .form-label-left {
+    text-align: left;
+    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+  }
+  
+  .b-form-label {
+    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+  }
+  
+  </style>
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diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard.vue b/src/components/Dashboard.vue
index c52bfb1..cd981c5 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard.vue
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard.vue
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
                 </template>
                 <Transaction-list :pubkey="pubkey" :txns="txs" />
             </b-tab>
+            <b-tab>
+                <template #title>
+                    Admin <b-icon class="no-icon" font-scale="1" icon="bank" ></b-icon>
+                </template>
+                <Admin />
+            </b-tab>
         </b-tabs>
   </b-card>
 </div> 
@@ -50,6 +56,7 @@ import CreateWallet from './CreateWallet.vue';
 import Receive from './Receive.vue';
 import Send from './Send.vue';
 import TransactionList from './TransactionList.vue';
+import Admin from './Admin.vue';
 const Pubkey = window.cbdc.Publickey;
 const Input = window.cbdc.Input;
 const Output = window.cbdc.Output;
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ const axiosCaller = axios.create({
 });
 
 export default {
-  components: { Send, CreateWallet, Receive, TransactionList },
+  components: { Send, CreateWallet, Receive, TransactionList, Admin },
   name: 'Dashboard',
   props: {