Mints
The houses behind the gold.
Five mints carry most of the institutional and collector weight of the modern bullion market. Each works in its own register. Each is worth knowing before you bid.
Founded 886 AD · United Kingdom
Royal Mint
Britain's national mint, in continuous operation for more than eleven centuries. The Royal Mint is the institutional issuer of the Sovereign and the Britannia — two of the most widely held bullion designs in collector po…
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Founded 1899 · Australia
Perth Mint
Founded as a branch of the Royal Mint in 1899 to refine Western Australian gold, the Perth Mint is now the dominant gold refiner in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the most innovative bullion issuers in the world. Its…
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Founded 1792 · United States
US Mint
The United States Mint, established by act of Congress in 1792, is the issuer of the American Gold Eagle and the steward of the most widely traded numismatic gold pieces in the world — Saint-Gaudens double eagles, Indian…
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Founded 1908 · Canada
Royal Canadian Mint
The Royal Canadian Mint introduced the Gold Maple Leaf in 1979 — the first modern bullion coin minted to .999 purity, raised to .9999 the following year, and currently to .99999 in some commemorative issues. The Maple Le…
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Founded 1194 · Austria
Austrian Mint
The Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) traces its lineage to a 1194 ransom-funded mint and produces the Vienna Philharmonic — Europe's most-traded gold bullion coin. The Philharmonic's design honours the Vienna Philharmoni…
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