The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 30, July 27, 2003, Article 8

BIRMINGHAM MINT

  Dick Johnson sent this link to a BBC News article about
  plans for a museum at the Birmingham Mint.  The article
  notes:

  "The Birmingham Mint, the world's oldest private coin
  maker, has signed a deal to keep part of its operation open
  as a working museum.

  The struggling firm, which first began turning out coins in
  1794, ceased trading in May after running into financial
   problems.

  Birmingham City Council has entered into a deal with two
  companies to keep part of the Hockley-based operation
  going."

  "Birmingham Mint had employed more than 100 people
   and was one of the largest makers of blank euro coins."

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3037770.stm

  Dick adds: "Now that it is out of work, can we take up a
  collection for it?  I certainly would like to see it continue, as
  an operating mint ... or a museum!

  I wonder what Dick Doty would have to say about this from
  his years of study of it."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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