The Houses of Gold
The world's gold mints
Behind every bullion coin is a mint — some centuries old, some founded for a gold rush. Here are the houses that strike the world's gold, and the coins that made them famous.
The Royal Mint
Llantrisant, Wales
Over 1,100 years of British coinage — and Isaac Newton’s old workplace.
2 coins →United States Mint
West Point, New York (gold)
America’s federal mint — issuer of the Eagle and the 24-karat Buffalo.
2 coins →Royal Canadian Mint
Ottawa & Winnipeg, Canada
Pioneer of "four-nines" purity and high-tech bullion security.
1 coin →South African Mint
Pretoria, South Africa
Home of the Krugerrand — the coin that created the bullion market.
1 coin →Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich)
Vienna, Austria
Eight centuries old — issuer of Europe’s best-selling bullion coin.
2 coins →The Perth Mint
Perth, Western Australia
Australia’s gold-rush mint, famed for striking quality and giant coins.
2 coins →China Gold Coin (PBoC)
Shanghai, Shenzhen & Shenyang mints
The issuer behind the beloved, collectible Gold Panda.
2 coins →Casa de Moneda de México
Mexico City, Mexico
The oldest mint in the Americas — five centuries of coinage.
2 coins →Monnaie de Paris
Paris & Pessac, France
France’s ancient mint — striker of the classic Napoleon.
1 coin →Swissmint
Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland’s federal mint — home of the beloved Vreneli.
1 coin →Royal Dutch Mint
Utrecht, Netherlands
Striker of the gold Ducat — a trade coin running since the 1500s.
1 coin →Bavarian State Mint
Munich, Germany
One of Europe’s oldest mints — striker of the popular Somali Elephant.
1 coin →Turkish State Mint (Darphane)
Istanbul, Türkiye
Striker of the Cumhuriyet gold — the household gold of Turkey and the Middle East.
1 coin →Goznak (Russian Mints)
Moscow & St Petersburg, Russia
Russia’s state mints — strikers of the George the Victorious bullion coin.
1 coin →MMTC-PAMP
Mewat, Haryana, India
India’s only LBMA-accredited refiner — Swiss-standard gold for the world’s great gold market.
1 coin →