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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1859505, member: 4373&quot;]All these information require a fair amount of effort and research. I have compiled a list of Central Bank, mints and Printing companies a while ago: <a href="http://gxseries.com/worldmoneylist.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gxseries.com/worldmoneylist.htm" rel="nofollow">http://gxseries.com/worldmoneylist.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This does not include contracted companies that supply planchets etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a reason why New Zealand does not have it&#039;s own mint - the population is too small to have one and I presume it&#039;s cheaper to contract striking of coins from overseas. Contracts have been awarded to South Africa, Canada, UK, Australia and Norway. On top of this, labour cost in New Zealand is significantly high. To construct a mint from scratch just cannot be justified and this cannot be compared to Australia and Canada where the mints have been established for more than 100 years old. </p><p><br /></p><p>NorthKorea: &quot;The question I would have asked was why NZ doesn&#039;t have Australia mint its coins.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not true. Australia has previously struck coins for New Zealand. For more information, read here: <a href="http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes_and_coins/coins/0094086.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes_and_coins/coins/0094086.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes_and_coins/coins/0094086.html</a>. It comes down to how low each competitor can produce their coins for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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