Royal Mint other manufacturers. The Trial of the Pyx is the procedure in the United Kingdom for ensuring that newly-minted coins conform to required standards. The trials have been held since the twelfth century, normally once per calendar year, and continue to the present day. The form of the ceremony has been essentially the same since 1282. They are trials in the full judicial sense, presided over by a judge with an expert jury of assayers. Since 1871, the trials have taken place at the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, having previously taken place at the Palace of Westminster. Given
Coins of the Ukrainian hryvnia Until 2001 most coins were struck by the Luhansk Cartridge Factory. Also, in 1992 coins of 1,5,10 and 25 kopecks were struck by the Italian mint. Since 2001 all Ukrainian coins are struck at the mint of the National Bank of Ukraine. All circulation coins have been designed by Vasyl Lopata (*1941). Coins of the Ukrainian hryvnia Coins of the Ukrainian hryvnia were first minted in 1992. Coins were first struck in 1992 for the new currency but were not introduced until September 1996. Initially coins valued between 1 and 50 kopecks were issued. In March 1997, 1 hryvnia coins