Perth Mint

Perth Mint
Headquarters310 Hay Street, East Perth,
Perth, Western Australia
,
Australia
Key people
RevenueA$26,346,258,000 (2021)
A$−163,000 (2021)
OwnerGovernment of Western Australia
Number of employees
516 (2021)
ParentGold Corporation
Building details
Perth Mint
Map
General information
LocationHay Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates31°57′26″S 115°52′09″E / 31.9573°S 115.8692°E / -31.9573; 115.8692 (Perth Mint)
Opened20 June 1899[1]: 3 
Design and construction
Architect(s)George Temple-Poole[1]: 3 
TypeState Registered Place
Designated15 December 2000
Reference no.2166
Websitewww.perthmint.com Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes / references
Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) is 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Source: Annual Report[2]
Gold ingot from the Perth Mint

The Perth Mint is Australia's official bullion mint and wholly owned by the Government of Western Australia.[3] Established on 20 June 1899,[4] two years before Australia's Federation in 1901, the Perth Mint was the last of three Australian colonial branches of the United Kingdom's Royal Mint (after the now-defunct Sydney Mint and Melbourne Mint) intended to refine gold from the gold rushes and to mint gold sovereigns and half-sovereigns for the British Empire.[5] Along with the Royal Australian Mint, which produces coins of the Australian dollar for circulation, the Perth Mint is the older of Australia's two mints issuing coins that are legal tender.

  1. ^ a b Athol, Thomas. 90 Golden Years, The story of the Perth Mint. Gold Corporation.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ar21 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Group Structure | The Perth Mint". www.perthmint.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ Parliament, Australia (1902). Records of the Proceedings and Printed Papers of the Parliament.
  5. ^ "Attractions in Perth Western Australia". Perth Tourist Centre. January 2010.