Royal Mint
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The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins. It is currently located in Llantrisant, Wales, where it moved in 1968.
The Tower of London in 1647
Charles I Civil War half-crown
Commonwealth Unite 1653
1658 Cromwell Crown
Mint (facility)
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A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency.
United States Mint, Philadelphia
Bronze mold for minting banliang coins, Warring States period (475–221 BC), State of Qin, from an excavation in Qishan County, Baoji, Shaanxi province, China
Ionia, uncertain city (possibly Kyme, Aeolis) 600–550 BCE, Hemiobol. Horse head, rough incuse
A furnace for producing molten metal for coin production.