After a brief tenure at Matthew Boulton ’ s Birmingham ( Soho ) Mint, Droz returned to France and in 1799 was appointed Keeper of the Coins and Medals at the Paris Mint, which post he held throughout the Napoleonic era.

In 1797 Matthew Boulton was authorised by the government to strike copper pennies and twopences at his Soho Mint, in Birmingham ; the time was not yet right for a token coinage, so they actually had to contain one or two pence worth of copper, i. e. they weighed one and two ounces each ( penny — 28. 3 grams, diameter 36 millimetres ).

In addition to the Royal Mint in the Tower of London, in 1912, 1918 and 1919 some coins were produced at the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, and are identified by an " H " to the left of the date, and in 1918 and 1919 some were also produced at the Kings Norton Metal Co. Ltd, also in Birmingham, and are identified by " KN " to the left of the date.

For the first fifty years of Canadian coinage ( cents meant to circulate in the Province of Canada were first struck in 1858 ), the coins were struck at the Royal Mint in London, though some were struck at the private Heaton Mint in Birmingham, England.

* Birmingham Mint ( United Kingdom )

His successor Sultan Mohamed Shamshudeen III ( 1904 – 1935 ) made the last of these coins, 1 and 4 laari denominations, which were struck in the United Kingdom by Heaton's Mint, Birmingham, England in 1913.

It was also home to the first steam-powered mint, whose presses were subsequently used at the first Birmingham Mint

The Birmingham Mint, a coining mint, originally known as Heaton's Mint or Ralph Heaton & Sons, in Birmingham, England started producing tokens and coins in 1850 as a private enterprise, separate from, but in cooperation with the Royal Mint.

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.

Shortly before his death, Ralph III converted the family business into a public limited liability company, passing control on 22 March 1889 to the new company named The Mint, Birmingham, Limited.

In addition to manufacturing coins, the Birmingham Mint also produced proof medals and tokens for vending machines.

The Birmingham Mint also became internationally renowned for its high-quality coins, as did Cadburys for its chocolate and workers welfare and rights.

As a youth he had a variety of jobs, including shelf stacking, dish washing and work at the Birmingham Mint.

All Canadian coins ( including five-cent coins ) were struck in England at the Royal Mint ( no mint mark ) and the Birmingham Mint ( H mint mark ) until 1908, when the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint opened.

* Birmingham Botanical Gardens Official Website

* The Birmingham Military Tattoo-Information Website

* Birmingham Stage Company Official Website

* Mint Hill's Neighborhood Website

* The 50 State Quarters Program of the United States Mint Official Website

* The District of Columbia and United States Territories Program of the United States Mint Official Website

* Website of The Royal Mint, British mint

*" Mint Project Website " Detailing plans to restore the Old Mint.

* Information on Sydney Mint on Historic Houses Trust Website