List of mints
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. 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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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. Its largest site is the Philadelphia Mint which covers 650,000 square feet and can produce 32 million coins per day.
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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 | |
' | Casa de Moneda de la Republica Argentina | 1875 | State-owned | ||
' | Perth Mint | 1899 | State-owned | Government of Western Australia | |
' | Royal Australian Mint | 1965 | State-owned | The Commonwealth of Australia | |
' | Austrian Mint | 1194 | State-owned | National Bank of Austria | |
' | Royal Belgian Mint | 1291 | |||
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' | Casa da Moeda do Brasil | 1694 | State-owned | ||
' | Bulgarian Mint | 1952 | State-owned | ||
' | Royal Canadian Mint | 1908 | State-owned | ||
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' | China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation | 1949 | State-owned | ||
' | Casa de Moneda de Colombia | 1621 | |||
' | Central Bank of Costa Rica | 1936 | |||
' | Croatian Mint | 1993 | |||
' | Casa de Moneda de Cuba | Unknown | |||
' | Central Bank of Cyprus | ||||
' | Czech Mint | 1993 | Private | Change ownership in 2009 | |
' | Prague Mint | 2011 | Private | ||
' | Royal Danish Mint | 1739 | Danmarks Nationalbank | ||
' | Central Bank of Egypt | 1961 | |||
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' | Mint of Finland | 1860 | |||
' | Monnaie de Paris | AD 864 | |||
Overseas France | Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer | 1966 | |||
' | Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg | 1998 | |||
' | Bavarian Central Mint | 1158 | |||
' | Staatliche Münze Berlin | ||||
' | Hamburgische Münze | 834 | |||
' | Bank of Greece | 1927 | |||
' | Hungarian Mint | 1001 or1328 | |||
' | Central Bank of Iceland | ||||
' | Security Printing and Minting Organization | 1877 | State-owned | Central Bank of Iran | |
' | Central Bank of Iraq | ||||
' | India Government Mint | ||||
' | India Government Mint, Mumbai | 1829 | |||
' | India Government Mint, Kolkata | 1757 | |||
' | India Government Mint, Hyderabad | 1803 | |||
' | India Government Mint, Noida | 1988 | |||
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' | Currency Centre | 1978 | |||
' | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato | 1928 | |||
' | Japan Mint | 1871 | |||
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' | Central Bank of Lesotho | 1978 | |||
' | Lithuanian Mint | 1990 | |||
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' | Royal Mint of Malaysia | 2000 | |||
' | Mexican Mint | 1535 | |||
Kingdom of the 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 | ||
Norway | Royal Norwegian Mint | 1686 | Mint of Finland 50% Samlerhuset Group 50% | ||
Pakistan | Pakistan Mint | 1942 | |||
Peru | 1565 | ||||
Poland | Mennica Polska S.A. | 1766 | |||
Philippines | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas | 1993 | |||
Portugal | Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda | 13th century | |||
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 | ||
Sierra Leone | Bank of Sierra Leone | 1963 | State-owned | ||
Singapore | Singapore Mint | 1968 | State-owned | ||
' | 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 | |
' | Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre | 1893 | |||
' | Swissmint | 1848 | - | ||
' | Pamp SA | 1977 | - | ||
' | Central Mint | 1920 | State-owned | Central Bank of the Republic of China | |
' | Royal Thai Mint | 1860 | |||
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' | Turkish State Mint | 1467 | |||
' | National Bank of Ukraine | 1998 | |||
' | Royal Mint | AD 886 | State-owned | HM Treasury | |
' | Birmingham Mint | 1850 | Private | ||
' | Pobjoy Mint | 1965 | Private | ||
' | Tower Mint | 1976 | Private | ||
' | United States Mint | 1792 | State-owned | ||
' | Philadelphia Mint | 1792 | State-owned | ||
' | Denver Mint | 1906 | State-owned | ||
' | San Francisco Mint | 1854 | State-owned | ||
' | West Point Mint | 1974 | State-owned | ||
' | Golden State Mint | 1974 | Private | ||
' | Monarch Precious Metals | 2008 | Private | ||
' | Regency Mint | 1999 | Private | ||
' | Republic Metals Corporation | 1980 | Private | ||
' | Scottsdale Mint | 2008 | Private | ||
' | SilverTowne Mint | 1973 | Private | ||
' | Sunshine Mint | 1979 | Private | ||
' | Zecca | State-owned | |||
' | Venezuelan Mint | 1802 | State-owned | Central Bank of Venezuela | |
' | Zimbabwean Mint | 2001 |