Singapore Mint

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The Singapore Mint is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the Republic of Singapore. The mint was established in 1968 by Dr Goh Keng Swee, Minister for Finance at that time. It was to cater to Singapore’s circulation coin requirements after Singapore's independence.

1 History
2 Lunar Fair
3 See also
4 External Links

[edit] History

The Singapore Mint was established in 1968. Dr Goh Keng Swee, recognised that minting coins required precision engineering and high security. As a result, The Singapore Mint was set up as a department of the Chartered Industries of Singapore now Sembcorp. The Mint has, since its establishment, undertaken most of the minting of Singapore's circulation coins.

1969 marked the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Singapore. To mark this occasion, BCCS has commissioned the Singapore Mint to mint the $150 Singapore 22-carat gold coins featuring the Raffles Lighthouse. The coin is also the first commemorative coin minted by The Singapore Mint 1 year after it establish.

[edit] Lunar Fair

The Singapore Mint has its Lunar Fair annually during the early January and last for about 2 weeks at Suntec City Mall occupying the entire Tropics Atrium usually. The Year of Rat Lunar Fair will be launching on 2-04 2008.^{[citation needed]}