Wales so closed in 1908; since then, although banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland continue to have the right to issue banknotes in their own countries, the Bank of England has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in Wales. The Commercial Bank of Wales, established in Cardiff by Sir Julian Hodge in 1971, was taken over by the Bank of Scotland in 1988 and absorbed into its parent company in 2002. The Royal Mint, who issue the coinage circulated through the whole of the UK, have been based at a single site in Llantrisant since 1980. Since decimalisation, in 1971,
Royal Mint (Spain) banknote production quota to a commercial law firm in which it held a majority stake. The mint has a permanent museum exhibition, on the third floor of its headquarters building, called the Museo Casa de la Moneda. The historic mint in Segovia also houses a museum. The mint is the focus of the Spanish television series "Money Heist", although shot at the Spanish National Research Council. Royal Mint (Spain) The Royal Mint of Spain ( "National Coinage and Stamp Factory – Royal Mint", abbreviated as FNMT-RCM) is the national mint of Spain. The FNMT-RCM is a public corporation, managed by