Some history that I learned about the Perth Mint.

The Perth Mint opened in 1899, it was Australia's third branch of Britain's Royal Mint . The first 2 were Sydney Mint and the Melbourne Mint (both closed). Gold refining continued at the original Hay Street premises until April 1990, when the operation was moved to a modern facility in Perth’s eastern suburbs.

Between 1899 and 1931, the mint struck more than 106 million gold sovereigns and nearly 735,000 half sovereigns for use as currency in Australia and throughout the British Empire.

Sir John Forrest GCMG (22 August 1847 – September[1] 1918)
He is regarded as the founding father of the mint. 'Big John' foresaw the importance of gold in the development of Western Australia's economy, and successfully lobbied the British Government to establish a branch of the Royal Mint in Perth.
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The Mint produced hundreds of millions of Australian pennies and half pennies between 1940 and 1964.
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The mint fulfilled an order for 1.3 million shillings in 1946.

In 1966 the mint produced a staggering 829 million 2 cent coins.
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The mint put out an amazing 26 million 1 cent coins by 1973.

In 1957 when the mint produced a 13-troy-ounce (400 g) proof plate of six nines - 999.999 parts of gold per thousand.[1]:58 The Royal Mint was so impressed that it ordered some of the gold as the benchmark for its own standards.[5]

The Perth Mint remained under Britain's jurisdiction until 1 July 1970, when ownership transferred to the Government of Western Australia.
The new direction was formalised in 1987 with the creation of Gold Corporation by a State Act of Parliament. Under an agreement with the Commonwealth Treasury, the mints new operator was empowered to mint and market gold, silver and platinum Australian legal tender coinage to investors and collectors worldwide.
At a ceremony in Sydney on April 23 1987, Prime Minister Bob Hawke helped launch the Australian Nugget Gold Coin Series. The first day's trading yielded sales of 155,000 ounces of gold worth AUD 103 million.

Today, the mint is a member of an elite group of world mints whose pure gold, silver and platinum legal tender coins are trusted without question. Like the Australian Nugget, our Australian Kookaburra Silver Coin Series, Australian Koala Silver Coin Series, Australian Platypus Platinum Coin Series, and Australian Lunar Gold and Silver Coin Series are extensively sought after by bullion investors worldwide.

In 2003, we officially opened an 8,400 square meter state of the art manufacturing and commercial facility next door to our original limestone building. Dominating the Mint's heritage precinct, these two important buildings are powerful symbols of more than 100 years of minting excellence in Western Australia

The mint is Australia's only multi-accredited gold and silver refiner, weight master and assayer, holding endorsements by five of the world's leading commodity exchanges - the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), the New York Commodity Exchange (COMEX), the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE), the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) and the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC). These certifications have been achieved only after rigorous scrutiny of our standards and procedures and the successful completion of extensive practical testing.
Being the only Mint in the world endorsed with a government guarantee of its operations, activities and offerings, we supply trusted quality products and services to markets worldwide.

In 2012, we created a mighty one tonne gold kangaroo coin – the world’s largest gold coin
Measuring some 80cms wide and more than 12cms deep it is the biggest, heaviest and inherently most valuable gold bullion coin in the world, estimated to be worth more than AUD50million.

the Normandy Nugget – the second largest in existence.
Normandy Nugget, which was found in a dry stream bed near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 1995, can now be seen up close in the Mint’s fascinating Gold Exhibition.
Weighing in at 25.5 kilograms, it is the second largest nugget in the world today having escaped being melted down, and is the 26th largest gold nugget ever discovered.
Information published by the University of Southern California, where the 40 million year-old nugget was examined in 1999, showed it to be 80 to 90% high purity gold. An intrinsic value of approximately AU$800,000 at today’s gold price
Perth Mint Chief Executive Officer Ed Harbuz said the Mint was delighted to be able to put Newmont’s Normandy Nugget on display. "It is a coup for the 100,000- plus people who visit our Gold Exhibition annually to be able to see this important cultural and heritage asset symbolising almost 160 years of gold discoveries in Australia,"
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The Perth Mint produced the Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medals.
On the obverse, the traditional goddess of victory, holding a palm in her left hand and a winner’s crown in her right. For these Games, the figure of victory is accompanied by the specific inscription: "XXVII OLYMPIAD SYDNEY 2000".
Diameter: 68 mm
Mint: Royal Australian Mint
On the reverse, the Sydney Opera House, the Olympic torch and the Olympic rings are represented.
Designer: Wojciech PIETRANIK
Composition: 1st Place (Gold: 6 gr.; Silver)
welcome around 70,000 visitors to our exhibition each year
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