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The Birmingham Mint was instigated by Matthew
Boulton whose Soho factory produced coins of
significantly better quality than elsewhere.
As a result of this success and reduction in
fraudulent copies of coinage, the Royal Mint
used machines supplied by Boulton to produce
coinage for the UK and the Colonies.
The Birmingham Mint has been at Icknield Street
since 1860. A substantial number of coins were
the result of output from the Birmingham Mint
which was able to compete on equal terms with
London. The Birmingham Mint still produces coinage,
medals and tokens and exports them around the
globe.
See also the
Assay Office
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