The Royal Mint Refinery

Claims Supported by This Source

1. The English Rothschilds interests in gold were further consolidated in 1852 when they acquired the lease of the Royal Mint Refinery
2. After the Californian rush of 1849 came the Australian fields in the 1850s followed by the South African discoveries in 1884
3. In 1884, Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918), a younger brother of Nathaniel, 1st Lord Rothschild, had acquired from the Metropolitan Board of Works a freehold plot in Cartwright Street, off Royal Mint Street
4. By 1911 there were 33 flats available in adjoining properties and these were granted to married men according to seniority
5. In 1936 the Royal Mint had started production of Maria Theresa thalers, originally supplied by the Austrian Mint prior to their sale of the dies to the Italian Mint in 1935
6. A period of reviews starting in 1961 led to new accounting methods being introduced and schemes were considered whereby parts of the business might be hived off

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