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The Royal Mint
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
The Royal Mint
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

The Royal Mint

Founded 1279
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Place ActiveLondon, England
Place ActiveLlantrisant, Wales
With origins tracing back to the 880s, the Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of coins. The Royal Mint is a limited company that is owned by the treasury department of the Government of Great Britain. The Mint produces both commemorative coins and the legal tender coins used by the United Kingdom and British territories.