List of mints

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European Medieval mint Mittelalterliche Werkstatt.jpg
European Medieval mint

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

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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 being 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.

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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] (6 hectares) and can produce 32 million coins per day. [4]

Royal Canadian Mint, Canada Gates Royal Canadian Mint.JPG
Royal Canadian Mint, Canada
Casa de Moneda de Colombia Casa de la Moneda - Bogota.jpg
Casa de Moneda de Colombia
Monnaie de Paris, France Monnaie de Paris facade.jpg
Monnaie de Paris, France
Staatliche Munze Berlin, Germany Staatliche Munze Berlin.jpg
Staatliche Münze Berlin, Germany
Calcutta Mint, India Calcutta mint.jpg
Calcutta Mint, India
Japan Mint Japan Mint Saitama branch office 1.jpg
Japan Mint
Royal Dutch Mint Utrecht-IMG 2911.JPG
Royal Dutch Mint
Mennica Polska S.A., Poland POL warsaw mennica zelazna street.JPG
Mennica Polska S.A., Poland
Saint Petersburg Mint, Russia Saint Petersburg Mint.jpg
Saint Petersburg Mint, Russia
Kremnica Mint, Slovakia Mincovna.JPG
Kremnica Mint, Slovakia
Royal Mint of Spain Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre - Real Casa de la Moneda - 01.jpg
Royal Mint of Spain
Royal Mint, United Kingdom The Royal Mint, Llantrisant.jpg
Royal Mint, United Kingdom
Philadelphia Mint, United States United States Mint Philadelphia.jpg
Philadelphia Mint, United States

Currently operating mints

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.

PolityNameYear
established
OwnershipOwnerRef.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Casa de Moneda de la Republica Argentina 1875State-owned [5]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Perth Mint 1899State-owned Government of Western Australia [6]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Royal Australian Mint 1965State-owned The Commonwealth of Australia [7]
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Austrian Mint 1194State-owned National Bank of Austria [8]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Royal Belgian Mint 1291 [9]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Casa da Moeda do Brasil 1694State-owned [10]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Bulgarian Mint 1952State-owned [11]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Royal Canadian Mint 1908State-owned
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Casa de Moneda de Chile  [ es ]1743 [12]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation 1949State-owned
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Fábrica de Moneda 1982State-owned Bank of the Republic [13]
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Central Bank of Costa Rica 1936
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Croatian Mint 1993State-owned Croatian National Bank
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Central Bank of Cyprus 1963State-owned
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Czech Mint 1993PrivateChange ownership in 2009
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Prague Mint 2011Private [14]
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Royal Danish Mint 1739 Danmarks Nationalbank
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Central Bank of Egypt 1961
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Reserve Bank of Fiji 1984State-owned
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Mint of Finland 1860
Flag of France.svg  France Monnaie de Paris 864 [15]
Flag of France.svg Overseas France Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer 1966 [16]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg 1998
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Bavarian Central Mint 1158
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Staatliche Münze Berlin
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hamburgische Münze 834
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Bank of Greece 1927
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Casa de Moneda de Guatemala 1733
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Hungarian Mint 1001 or

1328

Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Central Bank of Iceland 1961State-owned
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Security Printing and Minting Organization 1877State-owned Central Bank of Iran [17]
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Central Bank of Iraq 1953
Flag of India.svg  India India Government Mint
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Perum Peruri 1971State-owned Government of Indonesia
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Currency Centre 1978
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato 1928
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Japan Mint 1871
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Central Bank of Jordan 1964
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Central Bank of Lesotho 1978
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Lithuanian Mint 1990
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Royal Mint of Malaysia 2000
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Mexican Mint 1535
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Royal Dutch Mint 1567
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand New Zealand Mint 1967Private
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited 1963 Federal government of Nigeria [18]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Royal Norwegian Mint 1686 Mint of Finland 50%
Samlerhuset Group 50%
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Pakistan Mint 1942
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Casa Nacional de Moneda 1565 [19]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Mennica Polska S.A. 1766
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 1993
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda 13th century [20]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Monetăria Statului 1870State-owned National Bank of Romania
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Moscow Mint 1942State-owned Government of Russia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Saint Petersburg Mint 1724State-owned Government of Russia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia The Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins1929National Bank of Serbia [21]
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Bank of Sierra Leone 1963State-owned
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore Mint 1968State-owned
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Kremnica Mint 1328State-owned
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa South African Mint 1890 South African Reserve Bank
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation 1951State-owned Bank of Korea
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Spanish Royal Mint)1893
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Swissmint 1848 [22]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Pamp SA 1977
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Central Mint 1920State-owned Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Royal Thai Mint 1860
Flag of Transnistria (state).svg  Transnistria Transnistrian Republican Bank 1992State-owned
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Turkish State Mint 1467 [23]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine 1998 [24]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Royal Mint 886State-owned HM Treasury
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Birmingham Mint 1850Private
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The Commonwealth Mint 2005Private [25]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Tower Mint 1976Private [26]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Asahi RefiningPrivate [27]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Golden State Mint1974Private [28]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Mason Mint2015Private [29]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Monarch Precious Metals2008Private [30]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States The Ohio Mint2021Private [31]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Regency Mint1999Private [32]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Scottsdale Mint2008Private [33]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Sunshine Minting 1979Private
Flag of the United States.svg  United States SilverTowne Mint1973Private [34]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States United States Mint 1792State-owned United States Department of the Treasury [35]
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City Zecca State-owned
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Zimbabwean Mint 2001

Historic and defunct mints

PolityNameYear
started
Year
ended
NotesRef.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melbourne Mint 18721968Production moved to the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Sydney Mint 18541926Production moved to Melbourne & Perth Mints
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Hasegg Castle 17481806
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia National Mint of Bolivia 15721953The currency of Bolivia is now minted by foreign mints
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile La Moneda Palace 18141929Now the residence of the President of Chile, production moved to the Casa de Moneda de Chile.
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Casa de Moneda 16201987Now a museum, production moved to the Fábrica de Moneda in Ibagué.
Flag of England.svg  England Horndon mint 1056
Flag of Hong Kong (1871-1876).svg  Hong Kong Hong Kong Mint 18661868
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia PN Artha Yasa19651971Merged with state printer Pertjetakan Kebajoran to form Perum Peruri.
Early 20th Century Qajar Flag.svg  Iran Provincial mints of Iran1877Replaced by the Zarab-khane

Zarrabkhana

Banner of the Lordship of Ireland.svg  Ireland The Mint (Carlingford)
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Manila Mint 18611945Became an official branch of the US Mint in 1920 and was later destroyed following the liberation of the Philippines in World War II
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain National Mint of Xuvia 18121868
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Mints of Scotland 11361709Following the Acts of Union 1707, the last mint in Edinburgh closed and minting was ceded to the Royal Mint
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Myntverket AD 9952008Sold to the Mint of Finland in 2008
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Pobjoy Mint 19652023
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Soho Mint 17881848
Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States Carson City Mint 18701893
Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States Charlotte Mint 18351861
Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg  United States Dahlonega Mint 18381861
Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg  United States The Dalles Mint 18691869Partly constructed in 1869, but never completed
Flag of the United States (1877-1890).svg  United States Engelhard [ citation needed ]18681888Ceased production of bullion products
Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg  United States New Orleans Mint 18381909
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg  Venice Venice Mint 15361797

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