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Catalogue description Royal Mint: Buildings and Machinery
| Reference: | MINT 5 |
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| Title: | Royal Mint: Buildings and Machinery |
| Description: |
Records relating to the buildings and site of the Royal Mint at the Tower of London and on Tower Hill; to machinery and plant; and to security arrangements. |
| Date: | 1653-1935 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 142 files and volumes |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Mint was moved from the City of London to the Tower of London before 1300, and stayed there till 1811, when new buildings were completed on Tower Hill. In December 1968 the first part of a new Mint at Llantrisant, Glamorgan, was opened. In November 1975 this new Mint became responsible for all manufacturing when production at Tower Hill ceased. |
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