They may wish to take advantage of a spike in demand for a particular coin ( for example, during the annual release of Canadian numismatic collectibles from the Royal Canadian Mint ).

* 1842-Official Coins of the Realm were struck for Gibraltar by the Royal Mint.

1842 Half Quart coin issue by the Royal Mint

* 1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $ 1 coin, known as the Loonie.

The nickname loonie ( in French ) became so widely recognized that in 2006 the Royal Canadian Mint secured the rights to it.

On April 10, 2012, the Royal Canadian Mint announced design changes to the loonie and toonie, which include new security features.

The design for the coin was meant to be a voyageur theme, similar to the country's previous one dollar / silver dollar coin, but the master dies were lost or stolen while in transit to the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg.

The Royal Canadian Mint still makes many silver coins with various dollar denominations.

In 2011 the United Kingdom's Royal Mint minted a fifty pence coin depicting a swimmer and another for the triathlon, in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to be held in London.

On April 10, 2012, the Royal Canadian Mint announced design changes to the loonie and toonie, which include new security features.

It is occasionally spelled " twonie " or " twoonie ", but Canadian newspapers and the Royal Canadian Mint use the " toonie " spelling.

The name " toonie " became so widely accepted that in 2006 the Royal Canadian Mint secured the rights to it.

* 1279 – The Royal Mint of England moves into the Tower of London.

In the year 1717, the master of the Royal Mint Sir Isaac Newton established a new mint ratio between silver and gold that had the effect of driving silver out of circulation and putting Britain on a gold standard.

However, only in 1821, following the introduction of the gold sovereign coin by the new Royal Mint at Tower Hill in the year 1816, was the United Kingdom formally put on a gold specie standard, the first of the great industrial powers to do so.

Royal Mint branches were established in Sydney, New South Wales, Melbourne, Victoria, and Perth, Western Australia for the purpose of minting gold sovereigns from Australia's rich gold deposits.

British coins are minted by the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales.

The Royal Mint also commissions the coins ' designs.

The history of the Royal Mint stretches back to 886 A. D. For many centuries production took place in London, initially at the Tower of London, and then at premises nearby in Tower Hill.

Inside the Dome there was a play area named Timekeepers of the Millennium ( featuring the characters Coggsley and Sprinx ), The Millennium Coin Minting Press in association with the Royal Mint, the 1951 Festival of Britain Bus, and the Millennium Star Jewels ( focus of the failed Millennium Diamond heist.

* The Royal Mint of England moves into the Tower of London.

A few government departments were also moved out of London, with the Royal Mint moved to South Wales, the Giro and Inland Revenue to Bootle, and the Motor Tax Office to Swansea.

The Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt ( Royal Dutch Mint ), in Utrecht, the Netherlands, produced Luxembourgish coins dated 2002 – 2004 and again from 2009 onward.

Initially, the award came with a $ 15, 000 bursary-today's winners receive $ 25, 000 and a medal struck by the Royal Canadian Mint.

Most recently, the Royal Canadian Mint was inundated with queries and complaints from those who believed the first line should end with " grow " when a design for the ten-dollar bill was released in 2001 that featured the first stanza of " In Flanders Fields ", ending the first line with " blow ".

The two sets of clothing not in use at any given time are kept on display in the nearby Pavilion of Regalia, Royal Decorations and Coins in the precincts of the Grand Palace.

The two sets of gold clothing not in use at any given time are kept on display in the nearby Pavilion of Regalia, Royal Decorations and Thai Coins on the grounds of the Grand Palace, where the public may view them.

Coins to be tested are drawn from the regular production of the Royal Mint.

Coins to be tested are drawn from the regular production of the Royal Mint.

* P. K. Bhattacharyya, Two Interesting Coins of Shashanka, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 2, 1979

Designed by Sir William Tite, famous for his work on the London Royal Exchange, School House was erected in 1825 and is described as being in the Greco-Roman style.

Designed in 1955 by the Royal Aircraft Establishment and Saunders-Roe, 22 vehicles were fired between 1958 and 1965.

Designed to a grid pattern, it was originally intended by the founder, Sir William Hamilton, to be a whaling centre, though by 1800 it was developing as a Royal Navy dockyard which it remained until the dockyard was transferred to Pembroke in 1814.

Designed by Ivar Tengbom and inaugurated in 1926, it is the home to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

Designed to support Canada's naval war effort, the facility began operating in December 1940 as an officer training establishment known as HMCS Royal Roads.

Designed to defend the Needles Passage, it was completed in 1856, after 4 years of construction, but like the American Third System forts it resembles in miniature, it would have suffered badly from rifled gunfire, so the Royal Commission enhanced it with batteries on the cliffs above.

Designed by architect Daniel Libeskind ( who also designed the Crystal addition to the Royal Ontario Museum ), the L Tower is currently under construction on the southwest corner of the property.

Designed by architect Arthur E. Pearce, the 48 ft tall fountain was built by the Royal Doulton company to commemorate Queen Victoria's reign.

Designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects and constructed by Jeviso Construction Corporation, renovations to the station's platform level were completed in April 2008 to evoke exhibits in the Royal Ontario Museum.

Designed by architect Reginald Uren 1933-1935, the building shows the influence of Hilversum town hall in the Netherlands and was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Designed by architects Haworth Tompkins-also known for their refurbishment of the Royal Court Theatre, Regent's Park Open-Air Theatre, and two temporary venues for the Almeida-and with Jane Wernick Associates as the structural engineers, and consulting engineers Max Fordham LLP designing the building services, the refurbishment was completed in October 2006.

Designed by Captain John Bingle and Captain John Nicholson, both New South Wales residents, it is inspired by the White Ensign of the Royal Navy, the protector and defender of Australia from 1788 to 1913.

* Designed the Royal Automobile Museum