An application by The Royal Mint to build a visitor centre at its headquarters in Llantrisant, south Wales has been approved. Visitors will shortly have their first opportunity to view the inner workings of the Royal Mint for the first time in its 1100-year history. They will see how the Royal Mint produces 90 million coins each week for 60 different countries.

The new £7.7million Royal Mint visitor centre will be based at Llantrisant Business Park. It will include an introductory experience, an exhibition presenting the Mint’s 1,100-year history, a display of the museum’s rich collections, educational facilities, a shop and café and a ‘strike your own coin’ experience.. There will be a new visitors’ car and bus park plus a new footbridge connecting the car park with the centre.

Building work on the centre started in April and the Royal Mint visitor centre is expected to be complete by the spring of 2016.