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In 1853 the Royal Mint was overwhelmed with producing silver and gold coins.

The Birmingham Mint won its first contract to strike finished coins for Britain – 500 tons of copper, struck between August 1853 and August 1855, with another contract to follow in 1856.

These coins had no mint mark to identify them as from Birmingham.

During the peak of operation the four original Boulton screw presses were striking about 110, 000 coins per day.