Royal Mint

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

538

Length of issue (in feet)

184

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Mint

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: For two thousand years the mint in Britain has been making coins. Since then it has expanded unrecognisably and now produces coins for many other countries all over the world. While at the moment it is busy with its usual security checks and up to the minute machinery, it still rolls out each day the coins which many of us use in Britain, and Africa, and elsewhere will soon be using. The London Line presenter passed by a fortune by the time he had finished his tour.

Researcher Comments

Uses substantial footage from the COI’s "This Week In Britain, No. 944: Royal Mint" programme. NB: Information gathered from thee Ghanaian version

Keywords

Economics; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/538

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

R.I. Phillips

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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