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The Royal Mint Museum

Established	2009
Location	Llantrisant, Wales
Coordinates	51°33′15″N 3°23′15″W / 51.5541°N 3.3876°W / 51.5541; -3.3876
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. 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※

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.

Collection※

• Battle of Waterloo Medal Roll
• Unreleased Edward VIII pattern coins
• A pre-decimal 1933 penny
• Maria Theresa thaler
• Elizabeth I gold sovereign

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