 Planned layout of the mint in 1888 | |
| Industry | Minting |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1889 |
| Defunct | 1949 |
The Canton Mint (Chinese: 廣東造幣廠 ;Cantonese Jyutping: gwong2 dung1 zou6 bai6 cong2) also romanised as Kwangtung Mint was a mint located in Guangdong (Canton), China, which produced coinage at the discretion of the Guangdong Provincial government. Opened in 1889 it was the first mint in China that used modern minting techniques and was at the time the largest mint in the world producing 2.7 million coins per day.[1]
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