Myntverket (officially AB Myntverket) is a private Swedish company that produces coins and medals, including the
Swedish national coins and the
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
medals. , Swedish coins are minted by Myntverket's parent company,
Mint of Finland Ltd ( sv, Myntverket i Finland AB, fi, Rahapaja Oy) in
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
, ending a 1,012-year history of minting Swedish coins in Sweden.
See also
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List of mints
Mints designed for the manufacturing of coins have been commonplace since coined currency was first development around 600 BC by the Lydian people of modern-day Turkey. The popularity of coins spread across the Mediterranean so that by 6th-centu ...
References
External links
Myntverket- official site
Manufacturing companies of Sweden
Mints (currency)
Companies based in Södermanland County
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