Talk:Royal Mint

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There's something wrong here; Tower of London wasn't built until after the Norman invasion in 1066, so there can't have been a Royal Mint there in 1066. Cnyborg 09:39, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

By about 1279 it had moved to the Tower of London. Computerjoe's talk 14:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commercialism

It would probably be appropriate to say something about the Royal Mint's repositioning of itself as a commercial entity, if decent sources could be found. I got some junk mail the other day about a five pound coin being brought out to mark the Prince of Wales's sixtieth birthday. I've seen stuff like this before but from companies reselling new issues of commemorative coinage; this one appears to be from the Mint itself, however, and has typical spam wording like "important documentation inside". 79.68.196.238 (talk) 19:08, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure that offering special edition coins means it's repositionaing itself as a commerial entity, and WP isn't really the place to voice greivances regarding spam mail. If, however, you can source your claims, then yes - it would probably be notable. RaseaC (talk) 22:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC)