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Kremnica Mint established its own coin shop in 2006. The shop is placed inside the reconstructed historical building from 1450. An exposition of minting is part of the coin shop and it also includes a remaining set of a historical striking machines - Vulkan. In addition to historical striking
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The Czecho-Slovak government had to set up a new mint as well, since not more than the buildings were left in Kremnica. Work on the new machinery started in 1921. Since then, the Kremnica Mint has manufactured all the coins used by the Czecho-Slovak and
256:. Available historical records report that 21.5 million ducats were minted at the Kremnica Mint throughout its history. The aggregate value of this amount, measured at today's prices of gold, would be three billion 330:
pieces with total value of the contract of US$ 6.032 billion. This contract is especially valuable for Kremnica Mint as it succeeded in the field previously dominated by the
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ordered to move the equipment and noble metal stock to Budapest. The Hungarian Government started to mint the first coins with the faulty machines and worn-out dies in
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uniformized the mint marks of the Austrian Empire, the new alphabetical system showed the importance of the mint: Körmöcbánya received letter
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The mint became very outdated by the beginning of the 20th century, and many called for new equipment and for the mint to be moved to
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and minted coins for 25 other countries. Since Kremnica was the site of the sole mint of the Czecho-Slovak state, the
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mint mark was used after evacuation of the mint to Budapest until 1922. The Mincovňa Kremnica uses its initials (
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Kremnica Mint manufactures both circulation coins and commemorative coins for the
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machines, visitors could also observe coinage on modern striking machines.
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The last ducat minted in Kremnica for circulation (obverse, 1881).
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In March 2013 the Mint won a contract to produce 175 million
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Kremnica Mint was established in 1328 when Kremnica (
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Kremnica mint

Metalworking
Kremnica
Slovakia
Kingdom of Hungary
Czechoslovakia
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krajczár
revolution
Slovak
Hungarian
mint
1328
Charles Robert of Anjou
Kremnica
Slovakia
Hungarian
free royal town
Charles Robert of Anjou
ducat
hardest currency
Central Europe
US dollars

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