Bavarian main mint

Bavarian Main Mint - HMA Munich - Mintmark D
State level	Free State of Bavaria
position	State company / mint
Supervisory authority	Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Home
founding	1158
Headquarters	Munich , Zamdorfer Str. 92
Authority management	Günther Vaud
Servants	63
Web presence	www.hma.bayern.de

Seal of the Royal Bayer. Main Mint

Main entrance

The Bavarian Main Mint is a German mint based in the Bavarian capital, Munich . It has existed under other names since 1158 and is subordinate to the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Homeland . The mint is the oldest still in existence in Munich .

It mainly produces circulation coins for at home and abroad. The proportion of coins in circulation in Germany is 21 percent. The mint mark “D” has been minted on the circulation coins produced here since 1871 . In 2008, on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the city of Munich, it issued a series of eleven commemorative medals in the quality of the polished plate .

In addition to coins, medals and official seal plates are also made. In 1947/1948, the Bavarian Main Mint provided the original die plates for the coins of the Deutsche Mark before the currency reform in 1948 . In 1972 the coin minted all of the XX. Olympic Games in Munich .

The service building and the production facility have been in the Zamdorf district since July 16, 1986 ; previously they were in the old stables for 177 years .

See also

• Alte Münze (Munich) , today the seat of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

Web links

• official page

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Granting of the right to mint by Heinrich the Lion on the grounds of Schrannenplatz (today Marienplatz ) www.hma.bayern.de ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. History ( fig. ) 
2. ↑ www.hma.bayern.de Tasks - General information on the Bavarian Main Mint. Accessed July 17, 2010.
3. ↑ www.hma.bayern.de ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. History. Accessed June 13, 2011.  
4. ↑ www.hma.bayern.de Medals. Accessed June 13, 2011.
5. ↑ www.hma.bayern.de Products - Official seal. Accessed July 17, 2010.
6. ↑ www.muenzenmagazin.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. German Coin Magazine : The Munich mint in its 850th anniversary year , issue 1/2008, pp. 36–37 (PDF; 316 kB). Accessed June 13, 2011.  

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 19 ″  N , 11 ° 38 ′ 37 ″  E