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.
CountryNameYear EstablishedTypeOwner
'Casa de Moneda de la Republica Argentina1875State-owned
'Perth Mint1899State-ownedGovernment of Western Australia
'Royal Australian Mint1965State-ownedThe Commonwealth of Australia
'Austrian Mint1194State-ownedNational Bank of Austria
'Royal Belgian Mint1291
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'Casa da Moeda do Brasil1694State-owned
'Bulgarian Mint1952State-owned
'Royal Canadian Mint1908State-owned
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'China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation1949State-owned
'Casa de Moneda de Colombia1621
'Central Bank of Costa Rica1936
'Croatian Mint1993
'Casa de Moneda de CubaUnknown
'Central Bank of Cyprus
'Czech Mint1993PrivateChange ownership in 2009
'Prague Mint2011Private
'Royal Danish Mint1739Danmarks Nationalbank
'Central Bank of Egypt1961
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'Mint of Finland1860
'Monnaie de ParisAD 864
Overseas FranceInstitut d'émission d'Outre-Mer1966
'Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg1998
'Bavarian Central Mint1158
'Staatliche Münze Berlin
'Hamburgische Münze834
'Bank of Greece1927
'Hungarian Mint1001 or1328
'Central Bank of Iceland
'Security Printing and Minting Organization1877State-ownedCentral Bank of Iran
'Central Bank of Iraq
'India Government Mint
'India Government Mint, Mumbai1829
'India Government Mint, Kolkata1757
'India Government Mint, Hyderabad1803
'India Government Mint, Noida1988
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'Currency Centre1978
'Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato1928
'Japan Mint1871
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'Central Bank of Lesotho1978
'Lithuanian Mint1990
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'Royal Mint of Malaysia2000
'Mexican Mint1535
Kingdom of the NetherlandsRoyal Dutch Mint1567
New ZealandNew Zealand Mint1967Private
NigeriaNigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited1963Federal government of Nigeria
NorwayRoyal Norwegian Mint1686Mint of Finland 50%
Samlerhuset Group 50%
PakistanPakistan Mint1942
Peru1565
PolandMennica Polska S.A.1766
PhilippinesBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas1993
PortugalImprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda13th century
RomaniaMonetăria Statului1870State-ownedNational Bank of Romania
RussiaMoscow Mint1942State-ownedGovernment of Russia
RussiaSaint Petersburg Mint1724State-ownedGovernment of Russia
SerbiaThe Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins1929National Bank of Serbia
Sierra LeoneBank of Sierra Leone1963State-owned
SingaporeSingapore Mint1968State-owned
'Kremnica Mint1328State-owned
South AfricaSouth African Mint1890South African Reserve Bank
South KoreaKorea Minting and Security Printing Corporation1951State-ownedBank of Korea
'Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre 1893
'Swissmint1848-
'Pamp SA1977-
'Central Mint1920State-ownedCentral Bank of the Republic of China
'Royal Thai Mint 1860
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'Turkish State Mint1467
'National Bank of Ukraine1998
'Royal MintAD 886State-ownedHM Treasury
'Birmingham Mint1850Private
'Pobjoy Mint1965Private
'Tower Mint1976Private
'United States Mint 1792State-owned
'Philadelphia Mint1792State-owned
'Denver Mint1906State-owned
'San Francisco Mint1854State-owned
'West Point Mint1974State-owned
'Golden State Mint1974Private
'Monarch Precious Metals2008Private
'Regency Mint1999Private
'Republic Metals Corporation1980Private
'Scottsdale Mint2008Private
'SilverTowne Mint1973Private
'Sunshine Mint1979Private
'ZeccaState-owned
'Venezuelan Mint1802State-ownedCentral Bank of Venezuela
'Zimbabwean Mint2001

Historic and defunct mints