Silver coins abroad
The world's leading mints - meet
The Canadian Royal Mint
The Royal Mint was founded in 1908 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Mint is state-owned and has an annual production of more than 1 billion coins. The most popular are the world famous Maple Leaf. Gold coins have been minted since 1979 and silver coins since 1988. The company also produces coins for dozens of other countries. In total, it has more than 50 billion coins to its credit. It has been working with the state of Barbados for the longest time, more than 30 years.
British Royal Mint - The Royal Mint
The Royal Mint, which is allowed to mint British coins, was established more than 1,100 years ago. In the early days it produced coins for England, then for the whole of Great Britain. The Mint is 100% owned by the British Treasury. The Mint is not only involved in minting coins for the UK, but also focuses on exporting coins to over 60 countries around the world. It produces collector coins, military medals and also various civilian decorations. All the Orders of the British Empire were produced here from 1970 to 2009. The Mint has also produced coins for Canada. In 1931, the administration of the Ottawa branch was transferred to the Canadian government and the Royal Canadian Mint was formed.
Australian PERTH Mint
The Mint was founded in 1899 in Perth, Australia. The town was originally built in the heat of the gold rush that broke out in Western Australia to speed up the minting of gold sovereigns by British sovereigns and for distribution to the British Empire. The Perth Mint was the last of the three Australian colonial branches after the now defunct Sydney Mint and Melbourne Mint. In 1970, the Mint was transferred to the State Government of Western Australia. Among the most popular coins are those with koala, kangaroo and kingfisher motifs. The Mint processes 400 tonnes of gold annually and is also famous for producing the largest gold coin in the world - it has a purity of 999.9, weighs one tonne and has a face value of one million Australian dollars. The coin is 80 centimetres in diameter and 12 centimetres thick.
The United States Mint
Established in 1792 by Congress under the Coinage Act and originally administered under the Department of State. Under the terms of the Act, the first Mint building was located in Philadelphia. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and today operates in Denver, San Francisco, and West Point, in addition to Philadelphia, with additional offices located in various parts of the United States. The Mint is a national mint and has put 17.046 billion coins into circulation through 2015. The most popular are the gold and silver American Eagle, which have been minted since 1986. Legend has it that George Washington even donated some of his silver to the company so that it could mint coins as soon as possible.
