Royal Mint to the Royal Mint opening satellite branches of itself overseas. In Australia, the local Legislative Council petitioned the UK government to establish a branch of the Royal Mint in Sydney (Sydney Mint) after prospector Edward Hargraves discovered gold in Ophir, New South Wales in 1851. The petitioned gain royal assent in 1853 and plans were made by the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint in London to open the Royal Mint's first overseas branch within the colony. The Royal Mint's Superintendent of Coining travelled to Australia to oversee its establishment on Macquarie Street within the southern wing of Sydney Hospital
Royal Mint Court before becoming a mint in 1809. After the mint relocated, the site was redeveloped with a new office and residential block added to the complex alongside the two remaining Grade II listed mint buildings. As of 2017, Royal Mint Court is again set to be re-developed with plans for a new office, shopping and leisure complex. Planning permission was approved in July 2016. In 1349 during the Black Death the site became a plague cemetery known as the "Churchyard of the Holy Trinity" where three mass burial trenches and 14 grave rows were dug alongside a small chapel. During excavation