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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3086442, member: 39&quot;]The French mint (Monnaie de Paris) was founded in 864. It is the oldest continuously operating business in France. Today the administration, design dept., the museum etc. are in Paris, but the coins are minted in Pessac near Bordeaux.</p><p><br /></p><p>Germany does not have one mint but five. They are operated by states, not the feds. The oldest is the Hamburg Mint; coins were first struck in Hamburg in 834.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Austrian Mint is pretty old too. First records of a mint in Vienna go back to 1397, but the minting of coins began shortly after the ransom payment (lots of silver) for Richard Lionheart in or around 1194.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind however that some mints around here do not operate any more. The Royal Mint of Belgium for example does the design of newly issued pieces, but the coins are minted in Utrecht, NL - by the Royal Dutch Mint which is part of Heylen group, a Belgian company. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Denmark and Sweden do not have mints any more either. Their coins are produced by the Mint of Finland in Vantaa near Helsinki ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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