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List of mints

This article is about coin mints. For breath mints, see List of breath mints.
European Medieval mint

Mints designed for the manufacture of coins have been commonplace since coined currency was first development around 600 BC by the Lydian people of modern-day Turkey. The popularity of coins spread across the Mediterranean so that by 6th-century BC nearby regions of Athens, Aegina, Corinth and Persia had all developed their own coins.

Methods used at mints to produce coins have changed as technology has developed, with early coins either being cast using moulds to produce cast coins or struck between two dies to produce hammered coin. Around the middle of the 16th century machine-made milled coins were developed allowing coins of a higher quality to be made.

National currencies are generally minted by a country's central bank or on its behalf by an independent mint. For example, the coins of the New Zealand Dollar are minted jointly by the Royal Mint in the United Kingdom and the Royal Canadian Mint for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.[1] Also national mints are sometimes privatised to become state-owned enterprises allowing them to pursue commercial interests such as producing commemorative coins, medals and different types of bullion.

Perth Mint, Australia

Today the United States Mint is largest mint manufacturer in the world, operating across six sites and producing as many as 28 billion coins in a single year.[2] Its largest site is the Philadelphia Mint which covers 650,000 square feet[3] and can produce 32 million coins per day.[4]

Royal Canadian Mint, Canada
Casa de Moneda de Colombia
Monnaie de Paris, France
Staatliche Münze Berlin, Germany
Calcutta Mint, India
Japan Mint
Royal Dutch Mint
Mennica Polska S.A., Poland
Saint Petersburg Mint, Russia
Kremnica Mint, Slovakia
Royal Mint of Spain
Royal Mint, United Kingdom
Philadelphia Mint, United States

The world's oldest continuously running mint is the Monnaie de Paris in France which was founded in AD 864 and is the world's 8th oldest company. The second is the British Royal Mint, founded in AD 886 and the 10th oldest.

Country Name Year Established Type Owner Ref.
Argentina Casa de Moneda de la Republica Argentina 1875 State-owned [5]
Australia Perth Mint 1899 State-owned Government of Western Australia [6]
Australia Royal Australian Mint 1965 State-owned The Commonwealth of Australia [7]
Austria Austrian Mint 1194 State-owned National Bank of Austria [8]
Belgium Royal Belgian Mint 1291 [9]
Bermuda Bermuda Monetary Authority
Brazil Casa da Moeda do Brasil 1694 State-owned [10]
Bulgaria Bulgarian Mint 1952 State-owned [11]
Canada Royal Canadian Mint 1908 State-owned
Cayman Islands
Chile Casa de Moneda de Chile (Santiago mint) 1743 [12]
China China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation 1949 State-owned
Colombia Casa de Moneda de Colombia 1621
Costa Rica Central Bank of Costa Rica 1936
Croatia Croatian Mint 1993
Cuba Casa de Moneda de Cuba Unknown
Cyprus Central Bank of Cyprus
Czech Republic Czech Mint 1993 Private Change ownership in 2009
Czech Republic Prague Mint 2011 Private [13]
Denmark Royal Danish Mint 1739 Danmarks Nationalbank
Egypt Central Bank of Egypt 1961
Fiji Reserve Bank of Fiji
Finland Mint of Finland 1860
France Monnaie de Paris AD 864 [14]
France Overseas France Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer 1966 [15]
Germany Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg 1998
Germany Bavarian Central Mint 1158
Germany Staatliche Münze Berlin
Germany Hamburgische Münze 834
Greece Bank of Greece 1927
Hungary Hungarian Mint 1001 or

1328

Iceland Central Bank of Iceland
Iran Security Printing and Minting Organization 1877 State-owned Central Bank of Iran [16]
Iraq Central Bank of Iraq
India India Government Mint
India India Government Mint, Mumbai 1829
India India Government Mint, Kolkata 1757
India India Government Mint, Hyderabad 1803
India India Government Mint, Noida 1988
Indonesia PERURIor
Ireland Currency Centre 1978
Italy Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato 1928
Japan Japan Mint 1871
Jordan Central Bank of Jordan. 1964
Kazakhstan The Kazakhstan Mint.
Lesotho Central Bank of Lesotho 1978
Lithuania Lithuanian Mint 1990
Luxembourg La Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de L'Etat (BCEE).
Macao Government Printing Bureau (Macao SAR) before May 2014.
Malaysia Royal Mint of Malaysia 2000
Mexico Mexican Mint 1535
Netherlands Royal Dutch Mint 1567
New Zealand New Zealand Mint 1967 Private
Nigeria Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited 1963 Federal government of Nigeria [17]
Norway Royal Norwegian Mint 1686 Mint of Finland 50%

Samlerhuset Group 50%

Pakistan Pakistan Mint 1942
Peru Casa Nacional de Moneda 1565 [18]
Poland Mennica Polska S.A. 1766
Philippines Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 1993
Portugal Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda 13th century [19]
Romania Monetăria Statului 1870 State-owned National Bank of Romania
Russia Moscow Mint 1942 State-owned Government of Russia
Russia Saint Petersburg Mint 1724 State-owned Government of Russia
Serbia The Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins 1929 National Bank of Serbia [20]
Sierra Leone Bank of Sierra Leone 1963 State-owned
Singapore Singapore Mint 1968 State-owned
Slovakia Kremnica Mint 1328 State-owned
South Africa South African Mint 1890 South African Reserve Bank
South Korea Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation 1951 State-owned Bank of Korea
Spain Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Spanish Royal Mint) 1893
Switzerland Swissmint 1848 [21]
Switzerland Pamp SA 1977
Taiwan Central Mint 1920 State-owned Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Thailand Royal Thai Mint (Thai: สำนักกษาปณ์) 1860
Transnistria Trans-Dniester Republican Bank
Turkey Turkish State Mint 1467 [22]
Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine 1998 [23]
United Kingdom Royal Mint AD 886 State-owned HM Treasury
United Kingdom Birmingham Mint 1850 Private
United Kingdom Pobjoy Mint 1965 Private
United Kingdom Tower Mint 1976 Private [24]
United States United States Mint (Four branches) 1792 State-owned [25]
United States Philadelphia Mint 1792 State-owned [25]
United States Denver Mint 1906 State-owned [25]
United States San Francisco Mint 1854 State-owned [25]
United States West Point Mint 1974 State-owned [25]
United States Golden State Mint 1974 Private [26]
United States Monarch Precious Metals 2008 Private [27]
United States Regency Mint 1999 Private [28]
United States Republic Metals Corporation 1980 Private
United States Scottsdale Mint 2008 Private
United States SilverTowne Mint 1973 Private [29]
United States Sunshine Mint 1979 Private
Vatican City Zecca State-owned
Venezuela Venezuelan Mint 1802 State-owned Central Bank of Venezuela
Zimbabwe Zimbabwean Mint 2001

Historic and defunct mints

Country Name Year Started Year Ended Notes Ref.
Australia Melbourne Mint 1872 1968 Production moved to the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra
Australia Sydney Mint 1854 1926 Production moved to Melbourne & Perth Mints
Austria Hasegg Castle 1748 1806
Bolivia National Mint of Bolivia 1572 1953 The currency of Bolivia is now minted by foreign mints
Hong Kong Hong Kong Mint 1866 1868
Iran Provincial mints of Iran 1877 Replaced by the Zarrabkhana
Ireland The Mint (Carlingford)
Philippines Manila Mint 1861 1945 Became an official branch of the US Mint in 1920 and was later destroyed following the liberation of the Philippines in World War II
Spain National Mint of Xuvia 1812 1868
Scotland Mints of Scotland 1136 1709 Following the Acts of Union 1707, the last mint in Edinburgh closed and minting was ceded to the Royal Mint
Sweden Myntverket AD 995 2008 Sold to the Mint of Finland in 2008
United Kingdom Soho Mint 1788 1848
United Kingdom Horndon mint 1056
United States Carson City Mint 1870 1893
United States Charlotte Mint 1835 1861
United States Dahlonega Mint 1838 1861
United States The Dalles Mint 1869 1869 Partly constructed in 1869 however never completed
United States Engelhard 1868 1888 Ceased production of bullion products
United States New Orleans Mint 1838 1909
Scotland Mints of Scotland

References

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  2. ^ "About the United States Mint". United States Mint. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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  6. ^ "History". Perth Mint. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  7. ^ "About the Mint". Royal Australian Mint. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Our History". Austrian Mint. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  9. ^ Belgium and Nassau; or, The continental tourist. Black And Armstrong. 1838. p. 41.
  10. ^ "Sobre a CMB" [About CMB]. Casa da Moeda do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  11. ^ "За нас" [About Us]. Bulgarian Mint (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Milestones of Mint Chile". cmoneda.cl. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  13. ^ "History of Minting". Prague Mint. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  14. ^ "1,150 Years of History". Monnaie de Paris. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Duties and activities - Anglais". IEOM. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Security Printing and Minting Organization". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12.
  17. ^ "Mint of Nigerian History". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Creación de la Casa Nacional de Moneda" [Creation of the National Mint of Puru]. Central Reserve Bank of Peru (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  19. ^ "History of the Mint". Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  20. ^ "The Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins History". National Bank of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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  24. ^ "About Towermint". www.towermint.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
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  26. ^ "About Us". Golden State Mint. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  27. ^ "About MPM". www.monarchpreciousmetals.com. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  28. ^ "About Regency Mint - Learn about Regency Mint's Expert Coin Minting". Regency Mint. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  29. ^ "SilverTowne Mint | Custom Bullion Production". www.silvertownemint.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.

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