List of mints

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

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

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.

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.

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]

Currently operating mints

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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.

Polity	Name	Year established	Ownership	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]
Brazil	Casa da Moeda do Brasil	1694	State-owned		[10]
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Mint	1952	State-owned		[11]
Canada	Royal Canadian Mint	1908	State-owned
Chile	Casa de Moneda de Chile [es]	1743			[12]
China	China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation	1949	State-owned
Colombia	Fábrica de Moneda	1982	State-owned	Bank of the Republic	[13]
Costa Rica	Central Bank of Costa Rica	1936
Croatia	Croatian Mint	1993	State-owned	Croatian National Bank
Cyprus	Central Bank of Cyprus	1963	State-owned
Czech Republic	Czech Mint	1993	Private	Change ownership in 2009
Czech Republic	Prague Mint	2011	Private		[14]
Denmark	Royal Danish Mint	1739		Danmarks Nationalbank
Egypt	Central Bank of Egypt	1961
Fiji	Reserve Bank of Fiji	1984	State-owned
Finland	Mint of Finland	1860
France	Monnaie de Paris	864			[15]
Overseas France	Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer	1966			[16]
Germany	Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg	1998
Germany	Bavarian Central Mint	1158
Germany	Staatliche Münze Berlin
Germany	Hamburgische Münze	834
Greece	Bank of Greece	1927
Guatemala	Casa de Moneda de Guatemala	1733
Hungary	Hungarian Mint	1001 or 1328
Iceland	Central Bank of Iceland	1961	State-owned
Iran	Security Printing and Minting Organization	1877	State-owned	Central Bank of Iran	[17]
Iraq	Central Bank of Iraq	1953
India	India Government Mint
Indonesia	Perum Peruri	1971	State-owned	Government of Indonesia
Ireland	Currency Centre	1978
Italy	Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato	1928
Japan	Japan Mint	1871
Jordan	Central Bank of Jordan	1964
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan Mint of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan	1992	State-owned	National Bank of Kazakhstan	[18]
Lesotho	Central Bank of Lesotho	1978
Lithuania	Lithuanian Mint	1990
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	[19]
Norway	Royal Norwegian Mint	1686		Mint of Finland 50% Samlerhuset Group 50%
Pakistan	Pakistan Mint	1942
Peru	Casa Nacional de Moneda	1565			[20]
Poland	Mennica Polska S.A.	1766
Philippines	Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas	1993
Portugal	Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda	13th century			[21]
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	[22]
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			[23]
Switzerland	Pamp SA	1977
Taiwan	Central Mint	1920	State-owned	Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Thailand	Royal Thai Mint	1860
Transnistria	Transnistrian Republican Bank	1992	State-owned
Turkey	Turkish State Mint	1467			[24]
Ukraine	National Bank of Ukraine	1998			[25]
United Kingdom	Royal Mint	886	State-owned	HM Treasury
United Kingdom	Birmingham Mint	1850	Private
United Kingdom	The Commonwealth Mint	2005	Private		[26]
United Kingdom	Tower Mint	1976	Private		[27]
United States	Asahi Refining		Private		[28]
United States	The Franklin Mint	1964	Private		[29]
United States	Golden State Mint	1974	Private		[30]
United States	Mason Mint	2015	Private		[31]
United States	Monarch Precious Metals	2008	Private		[32]
United States	The Ohio Mint	2021	Private	[33]
United States	Regency Mint	1999	Private		[34]
United States	Scottsdale Mint	2008	Private		[35]
United States	Sunshine Minting	1979	Private
United States	SilverTowne Mint	1973	Private		[36]
United States	United States Mint	1792	State-owned	United States Department of the Treasury	[37]
Vatican City	Zecca		State-owned
Venezuela	Casa de la Moneda de Venezuela [es]	1802		Central Bank of Venezuela
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwean Mint	2001

Historic and defunct mints

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Polity	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
Chile	La Moneda Palace	1814	1929	Now the residence of the President of Chile, production moved to the Casa de Moneda de Chile.
Colombia	Casa de Moneda	1620	1987	Now a museum, production moved to the Fábrica de Moneda in Ibagué.
England	Horndon mint	1056
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Mint	1866	1868
Indonesia	PN Artha Yasa	1965	1971	Merged with state printer Pertjetakan Kebajoran to form Perum Peruri.
Iran	Provincial mints of Iran		1877	Replaced by the Zarab-khane
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	Pobjoy Mint	1965	2023
United Kingdom	Soho Mint	1788	1848
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, but never completed
United States	Engelhard[citation needed]	1868	1888	Ceased production of bullion products
United States	New Orleans Mint	1838	1909
Venice	Venice Mint	1536	1797

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External links

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• Mints of the World
• World Mints