Bullion mints & refiners
Profiles of the major mints and LBMA-accredited refiners whose coins and bars appear on this site. Each page covers the mint's history, its flagship products and where it sits in the UK retail market.
Sovereign mints
National mints
Government-owned mints producing legal-tender bullion coins for their home countries.
The Royal Mint United Kingdom · est. 886 The UK's official coin manufacturer for over 1,100 years. Producer of the Sovereign and Britannia. 11 coins · 13 bars Royal Canadian Mint Canada · est. 1908 Canada's federal mint. Producer of the Gold and Silver Maple Leaf — among the world's best-selling bullion coins. 2 coins · 3 bars Perth Mint Australia · est. 1899 Australia's government-owned mint. Producer of the Kangaroo gold and Koala silver series. 1 coin · 2 bars United States Mint United States · est. 1792 America's federal mint. Producer of the American Gold and Silver Eagle, and the .9999 American Gold Buffalo. 3 coins · 0 bars Austrian Mint Austria · est. 1194 Vienna's mint dates to 1194. Producer of the Vienna Philharmonic — Europe's best-selling bullion coin. 2 coins · 0 bars South African Mint South Africa · est. 1890 Producer of the world's first modern bullion coin — the Krugerrand, launched 1967. 2 coins · 0 bars
Private refiners
LBMA-accredited refiners
Privately-owned LBMA Good Delivery refiners producing cast and minted bullion bars.
PAMP Suisse Switzerland · est. 1977 Switzerland's premier private refinery and the world's most-traded minted bullion bar brand. 0 coins · 15 bars Metalor Switzerland · est. 1852 Swiss refinery dating to 1852, widely traded at UK dealers for low-premium gold and silver bars. 0 coins · 9 bars Umicore Belgium · est. 1805 Belgium's largest precious-metals refiner, with roots in 19th-century European industry. 0 coins · 4 bars Valcambi Switzerland · est. 1961 Swiss refiner famous for its CombiBar — gold bars that snap into 1g pieces. 0 coins · 4 bars Heraeus Germany · est. 1851 Germany's premier precious-metals refiner — founded 1851, LBMA-accredited. 0 coins · 6 bars Argor-Heraeus Switzerland · est. 1951 Swiss refiner — sister operation to Heraeus, LBMA Good Delivery accredited. 0 coins · 2 bars