Royal Mint resume minting their own supplementary tokens. In 1672 the Royal Mint finally took over the production of copper coinage. Prior to the outbreak of the English Civil War, England signed a treaty in 1630 with Spain which ensured a steady supply of silver bullion to the Tower mint. Additional branch mints to aid the one in London were set up including one at Aberystwyth Castle, in Wales. In 1642 parliament seized control of the Tower mint and after Charles I tried to arrest the Five Members he was forced to flee London, establishing at least 16 emergency mints across the
Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (2000s) of event. VARIANT was made for British Royal Mint as part of six-coin set from six countries commemorating end of World War II. The reverse was exactly the same as original issue but had privy mark of two maple leaves The 80th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Japan is a joint issue between the Royal Canadian Mint and the Japan Mint. 35,000 coins are made available for Japan Mint customers, while only 5,000 are available for RCM customers. The last 4 coins are the only coins of their respective year bearing the former effigy of Her Majesty Queen