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<p>[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 2147674, member: 4373"]It could be possible that the Royal Mint just supply planchets to Russia. However I think it is very unlikely as both St. Petersburg and Moscow mints are more than capable of striking coins for overseas.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very, very difficult topic which I have been attempting to tackle for the past decade (no joke about the time frame). I've managed to compile a list of countries that have their own mints, central bank etc. List can be seen here: <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>However to track who issued what coins, this can be more complicated than expected. For instance, country A supplies raw material to country B. Country B then processes it and manufacture planchets. This is then exported to Country C. Therefore, if you ask the question of country of origin, what would you say? </p><p><br /></p><p>The only instance that I can remember RM mintmark was used was coins struck for Uzbekistan. This is an example:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/978741.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/978743.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 2147674, member: 4373"]It could be possible that the Royal Mint just supply planchets to Russia. However I think it is very unlikely as both St. Petersburg and Moscow mints are more than capable of striking coins for overseas. This is a very, very difficult topic which I have been attempting to tackle for the past decade (no joke about the time frame). I've managed to compile a list of countries that have their own mints, central bank etc. List can be seen here: [url]http://gxseries.com/worldmoneylist.htm[/url] However to track who issued what coins, this can be more complicated than expected. For instance, country A supplies raw material to country B. Country B then processes it and manufacture planchets. This is then exported to Country C. Therefore, if you ask the question of country of origin, what would you say? The only instance that I can remember RM mintmark was used was coins struck for Uzbekistan. This is an example: [img]http://omnicoin.com/coins/978741.jpg[/img] [img]http://omnicoin.com/coins/978743.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
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