POBJOY MINT TO CLOSE

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The E-Sylum: Volume 26, Number 42, October 15, 2023, Article 12

POBJOY MINT TO CLOSE

I couldn't find anything on the company's website, but a Numismatic News article cites a CoinWorld podcast interview announcement that the Pobjoy Mint will close at the end of 2023. -Editor

It is with great sadness that Managing Director Taya Pobjoy has announced her official retirement and the closure of Pobjoy Mint after 58 years of manufacturing official currency and commemorative coins. The Mint closure will take place at the end of 2023, so customers will have a chance to complete their collections for the full year, with some releases being brought forward to allow plenty of time for collectors to buy them.

Since its establishment in 1965, the private mint in Kingswood, Surrey, England, some twenty miles outside of London, has produced coins for forty-two nations and territories. Since the mint first entered the market in 1965 with medals commemorating Winston Churchill's passing, it has produced a variety of circulation coins, medals, and commemorative coins. Approximately 40 employees will be affected.

"I've made the big decision to retire this year. My prime objective is to give the customers our service until the end and to make sure that they get a complete year because we all know that coin collecting is an annual thing with a date change. So it's been very much on my mind when making this decision to make sure I give a good service to the very end to my customers..." - Taya Pobjoy

Here's some additional background on the company from the firm's website. -Editor

Set up by the Pobjoy family in 1965, Pobjoy Mint is a manufacturer of legal tender coins for over ten British Overseas Territories. As a private mint, we also produce medals, medallions, official regalia, tokens and numismatic gifts.

We strike official commemorative and circulating coins, therefore, all our coins bear HM King Charles III's effigy, the Late Queen Elizabeth II's effigy or the Coat of Arms of the country.

Pobjoy Mint UK headquarters and factory are based in the county of Surrey, England. Since 1996, we also have an office located in Minnesota, United States of America.

Our UK office serves clients across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica whilst the USA office serves clients across North and South America.

So what's next? Will the British seek bidders to take over the business of making NCLT for the overseas territories? -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
image caption Pobjoy Mint Announces Retirement of Managing Director, Taya Pobjoy, and Mint Closure (https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/pobjoy-mint-announces-retirement-of-managing-director-taya-pobjoy-and-mint-closure)

To listen to the podcast, see:
Episode 221: The Pobjoy Mint Makes a Big Announcement (https://open.spotify.com/episode/78Dg5PhjlqOfN17YTkNp7n?si=b8sm5b6OTMKyZLeKn_eYzw&nd=1)
https://www.coinworld.com/coinworld-podcast

Wayne Homren, Editor

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