Most of the mints listed offer coins for sale, please note that while we do not object to you purchasing any, remember that their resale value is much less. We offer the sites listed in the interest of Numismatic research.
Commitment to quality is the hallmark of The Royal Australian Mint, which was the first Mint in the world to achieve accreditation to International Quality Standards ISO 9002. Strong emphasis on quality control, innovative technology, research and development ensures a reputation that is second to none.
The historic Perth Mint - Australia, established in 1899 as a branch the British Royal Mint, is now the precious metals production and minting division of Gold Corporation. Gold Corporation was established by act of parliament in 1987 and is owned and guaranteed by the Government of Western Australia.
For more than 800 years, our firm and its products have exercised a profound influence upon the culture, the economy and everyday life in Austria. Consequently our firm has gathered great experience, forming a reliable basis for our present competence. Despite pride in our long tradition, we by no means dwell in the past. The Austrian Mint is a forward-looking business with great future.
The Royal Belgian Mint strikes all official coins, also called change. In 1969 the Mint was renamed Royal Belgian Mint, a denomination that suits the institution better given that coinage is a royal prerogative. The coins are distributed by the National Bank of Belgium.
The Bermuda Monetary Authority is Bermuda's central monetary authority and is responsible for the issue of Bermuda notes and coins, supervision of Bermuda's financial services sectors, providing advice to Government on banking and other financial and monetary matters and the vetting of individuals and entities wishing to set up corporate entities in Bermuda.
The history of The British Royal Mint itself is more than a thousand years there being an unbroken link from the scattered workshops of the moneyers of Anglo-Saxon London to a single mint within the Tower of London to purpose-built premises at Tower Hill and finally to the huge modern coining plant in South Wales.
The Pobjoy - Britain, family have been associated with fine metalwork since the Middle Ages. The Company was recently granted a Coat of Arms in which the Medieval Popinjay is the central motif. The Popinjay was a painted wooden parrot used in archery contests in the 14th century and the name Pobjoy is derived from this. Thay are now the largest private mint in Europe manufactured coins and medals for some 20% of the world's governments. Pobjoy strike coinage and other metal items for over 40 countries.
The Birmingham Mint
The Birmingham Mint - Britain is located in Icknield St. It makes coins for other countries and commemorative
medallions. It is the oldest continuously operating mint in this country. It started in 1850 and moved to this
site in the 1862 and by 1889 had become the biggest private Mint in the world. Orders for coins came from Russia,
Brazil, Mexico and Egypt, amongst others. Today, it still is the biggest private mint in this country.
The Birmingham Mint has been involved in making blanks for the new Euro coins.
Today's modern Royal Canadian Mint, with its unsurpassed standards of craftsmanship in minting circulation and commemorative collector coins and its reputation as a premier refinery of gold, is known and respected around the globe. It producing over 1 billion coins per year for an average of 16 other countries.
The Croatian Mint
One of the significant orders for The Bižuterie Ceská Mincovna, a.s. is the production of currency coins for the Czech National Bank. Bižuterie Ceská Mincovna guarantees high quality minting and corresponding types of packaging and distribution of coins.
Mint of Finland
The Monnaie de Paris - France manufactures coins (franc, euro), collector's coins (gold, silver), official decorations and art gifts (medals, bronzes,jewelry).
Israel Government Coins & Medals Corporation Ltd.
Mint Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan has been engaged in manufacturing coins, the blood of social economy, since 1871 when it was founded in Osaka
The Mexican Mint ( "La Casa de Moneda de México" ) ,was the first in America, established by Royal Decree in 1535, has served the country without interruptions, reaching a quality recognition world wide level.
The Royal Dutch Mint, The Netherlands. The homepage includes all the information about the official State Mint in The Netherlands. There's also a CoinShop available in which you can purchase online all sorts of coins and medals.
The Royal Norwegian Mint is the official web-site of the Swedish Royal Mint, Royal Danish Mint and Central Bank of Iceland.The mint was founded in 1686 as part of the Kongsberg Silverworks. Catalog available.
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In 1764 the Convocational Diet, electing Stanislaus Augustus the King of Poland, saddled him with the duty to reorganize the monetary system and to establish the new Mint - The Polish Mint . The local mints were closed for 80 years and there was not any good local currency in the circulation. On the 10th February, 1766 the mint reform was effected in Poland, the new mint organized in Warsaw at Bielanska Street coined the gold, silver and copper pieces, as well as the medals and orders. It is one of the most modern monetary plants in Europe thanks to its newest fleet of machines and highly skilled staff.
Portuguese Mint - Imprensa Nacional was founded by a Decree of King José I on 24 December 1768, with the name of Royal Printing Office. It was merged with the Casa da Moeda in 1972.
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The National Mint of the Republic of San Marino. Stamps, phone cards, coins.
The Segovia Mint
The Singapore Mint was established in 1968, we started out as a department of the Chartered Industries of Singapore and has since undertaken most of the minting of Singapore circulation and numismatic coins. The Mint has capabilities involving concept development, design, manufacturing, sales and marketing.
South African Mint - Established in 1892 by the National Bank to whom a presidential concession to issue coins was granted. The South African Mint has distinguished itself as a stable and progressive organization.
The Spanish Mint - Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre was formed on August 29th, 1893 by merging the Casa de la Moneda and the Stamp Factory into a single company. In 1988, its legal status changed to become a State Company although legally remaining under the rules of Private Law.
The Royal Thai Mint is a division of the Treasury Department, Ministry of Finance, and is responsible for the production of circulation coins as authorized by the Coinage Act B.E.2501.
Turkish Mint - The Turkish State Mint
When the framers of the U.S. Constitution created a new government for their untried Republic, they realized the critical need for a respected monetary system. Soon after the Constitution's ratification, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton personally prepared plans for a national Mint. On April 2, 1792, Congress created the U.S. Mint, and authorized construction of a Mint building in the nation's capitol, Philadelphia. In the more than 200 years since Congress created the United States Mint, the Mint has grown to a Fortune 500-sized manufacturing and international marketing enterprise with more than $1 billion in annual revenues and 2,200 employees — and is the world's largest manufacturer of coins, medals, and coin-based consumer products. On-Line catalog.
