Royal Mint Museum
Appearance
Established | 2009 |
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Location | Llantrisant, Wales |
Coordinates | 51°33′15″N 3°23′15″W / 51.5541°N 3.3876°W |
Director | Dr Kevin Clancy |
Chairperson | Dr Andrew Burnett CBE |
Website | Museum Website |
The Royal Mint Museum is a numismatics museum located in Llantrisant, Wales, which houses coins, medals, artwork and minting equipment previous owned by the Royal Mint.[2] Although the museum is located on the same site as the Royal Mint, the mint and the museum are separate companies. In partnership with the mint, a new £9 million visitor centre was built to allow members of the public to view part of the museum's collection.
History
[edit]Following the privatisation of the Royal Mint in 2009, whereby it became a limited company, much of the mint's numismatic collection was separated into a separate entity now called the Royal Mint Museum. In November 2010 the museum gained charitable status.[3]
Collection
[edit]- Battle of Waterloo Medal Roll
- Unreleased Edward VIII pattern coins
- A pre-decimal 1933 penny
- Maria Theresa thaler
- Elizabeth I gold sovereign
References
[edit]- ^ "Royal Mint in Llantrisant to open doors to visitors". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ "The collection today". Royal Mint Museum. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Our Governance". Royal Mint Museum. Retrieved 17 February 2021.