Royal Mint of the public in the form of bars or coins. Historically the mint has refined its own metal, however under the advice of an 1848 Royal Commission the process was separated with the independent "Royal Mint Refinery" being purchased and operated by Anthony de Rothschild in 1852. The Rothschild family continued the refinery's management until it was sold to Engelhard in 1967, a year later the Royal Mint relocated to Wales and ceased their bullion bar interests until reviving the brand in 2015. Bullion bars produced by the mint are stamped with the original Royal Mint Refinery emblem and come
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