Mints of the World
The British Royal Mint - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
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CountryUK (Great Britain)
Mint NameThe British Royal Mint
DescriptionAddress for direct retail customers
AddressRoyal Mint Coin Club, PO Box 500, Cardiff, CF1 1HA, UK
Telephone0044 (0)845 60 88 300
Fax0044 (0)1443 62 33 30
E-mail 
Websitewww.royalmint.com
LanguagesEnglish

CountryUK (Great Britain)
Mint NameThe British Royal Mint
DescriptionProduction facility, museum, and gift shop
AddressLlantrisant, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan, Wales CF7 8YT, UK
Telephone0044 (0)845 60 88 300
Fax0044 (0)1443 62 33 30
E-mail 
Websitewww.royalmint.com
LanguagesEnglish

CountryUK (Great Britain)
Mint NameThe British Royal Mint
DescriptionUS Distributor
AddressBritish Royal Mint, Customer Service, 14101 Southcross Drive West, Burnsville, MN 55337 USA
Telephone1-800-563-6468
Fax 
E-mail 
Websitewww.royalmint.com
LanguagesEnglish

CountryUK (Great Britain)
Mint NameThe British Royal Mint
DescriptionCanadian Distributor
AddressBritish Royal Mint, PO Box 33518, Dundurn Postal Outlet, Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 4X4, Canada
Telephone1-800-563-5943
Fax 
E-mail 
Websitewww.royalmint.com
LanguagesEnglish

CountryUK (Great Britain)
Central Bank NameThe Bank of England
DescriptionUK Central Bank
Address1 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH
Telephone0044 (0)20 7601 5504
Telephone (Museum)0044 (0)20 7601 5491
Fax 
E-mailenquiries@bankofengland.co.uk
Websitewww.bankofengland.co.uk
LanguagesEnglish

Description
The British Royal Mint, previously known simply as the Royal Mint has been Britain's official and chief mint for over 1,000 years. It is not known where it was originally sited, but it moved to the Tower of London in about 1279, when it was also known as the Tower Mint. It moved again to nearby Tower Hill in 1811, and again in 1969 to Llantrisant in South Wales.
The Royal Mint produces all or most of the UK's coinage, and also produces coins for a large number of other countries.
Although there is a small gift shop on site at Llantrisant there is no public admission to the Mint itself. Conducted tours were discontinued on health, safety and insurance grounds sometime after 1969.
Besides being a major production facility, the Royal Mint also wholesales its collector coins through a number of distribution channels, and retails direct through its "Coin Club". Collectors in North America should contact the Royal Mint's distributors or agents in either the USA or Canada.
The Bank of England is the UK's central bank, and is responsible for the production and issue of banknotes. Its museum is worth a visit.
This page is part of the "Mints of the World" website, created to provide a list of world mints together with brief contact and other general information about them for coin collectors, dealers, numismatists.