King's Norton Mint

Kings Norton Mint
IndustryMetallurgy, Minting, Metalworking
Founded1889
FounderThomas Richard Bayliss, George Hagger
Defunct1932

Kings Norton Mint was a 19th-century metalworking and minting company founded in Birmingham, England. As a private company it worked to develop and manufacture various metal products including wire, nails, ammunitions and later coins on behalf of the Royal Mint. Notably it is credited with inventing solid-drawn ammunition cartridges for small firearms.[1]

  1. ^ "Memoirs". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 87: 633–637. 1914. doi:10.1243/PIME_PROC_1914_087_019_02.