The Royal Mint
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Nov 2, 2026
Alexi TalanderNARRATOR
But in England, enthusiasm does not stop short with mere words.
Alexi TalanderNARRATOR
It strikes off money faster than the dies of the Royal Mint itself.
Alexi TalanderNARRATOR
Subscription to encourage Dr. Ferguson was voted there and then, and it at once attained the handsome amount of 2,500 pounds.
Alexi TalanderNARRATOR
The sum was made commensurate with the importance of the enterprise.
RonHOST
We looked at wholesale data today.
RonHOST
yesterday or some insight from it was silver trade who said that some of the wholesalers are talking about possibly only having one day supply all right now back to the united kingdom this came from silver ape king just this morning silver and platinum sales at the royal mint in the united kingdom have already surpassed every previous full year total, with an entire quarter still left in 2026.
RonHOST
Physical precious metals demand is running hot.
RonHOST
So that's the Royal Mint basically telling us that so far, the first nine months of 2026, they've sold more than they did in any previous year total.
RonHOST
And of course, we still have, right, three months of reporting to hear from them, October, November, and December.
RonHOST
I got a feeling we're going to have a good end of the year, guys.
Nancy DoreyCORRESPONDENT
So there's some really interesting stuff here.
Nancy DoreyCORRESPONDENT
We've also got one of a Queen's Diamond Jubilee coin as well, from the Royal Mint.
Nancy DoreyCORRESPONDENT
That's in a sort of presentation pack as well.
Nancy DoreyCORRESPONDENT
That's sealed still as well.
Martin ErdmannGUEST
In his later years, starting with the year 1696, he became more or less the person who was in charge of the entire finance, what we call now the finance minister of Great Britain or England at the time.
Martin ErdmannGUEST
He was the master of the Royal Mint in charge of the finances of the entire country.
Martin ErdmannGUEST
And only two years earlier, 1694, the Bank of England was founded.
Martin ErdmannGUEST
So he was put into that most important position, political position in the country to be the master of the Royal Mint.
Martin ErdmannGUEST
in order to use the Bank of England and obviously its product, money conjured out of nothing, to achieve that ultimate goal of the alchemists, or the ultimate goal of hermeticism, which is immortality.
Martin ErdmannGUEST
So credit money was when that all important concept, which was then used and put into practice to achieve immortality.
Alice LoxtonHOST
And she told us that crucially, this was an important step towards standardizing currency in the area we now call England, making it more coordinated.
Alice LoxtonHOST
And one final fact here, our modern day Royal Mint treats the Alfred Penny as the symbolic starting point of its history in 886.
Ben HendersonHOST
Oh, really? So this is, you know, it's still the organisation making our coins today, 1,200 years later.
Ben HendersonHOST
That's amazing.
Alice LoxtonHOST
Exactly.
Alice LoxtonHOST
It's wild, isn't it? And amazing to think when you hold a coin created by the Royal Mint today in your hand, it's got that really old history.
Alice LoxtonHOST
I mean, the Royal Mint is the oldest company in the UK and one of the oldest in the world.
Alice LoxtonHOST
Oh, really? So incredibly historic.
Stephen DaltonHOST
Literally.
Stephen DaltonHOST
The royal mint operates within the fortress, producing the gold and silver coins used throughout England.
Stephen DaltonHOST
In 1595, coins are still largely made by hand.
Stephen DaltonHOST
Workers prepare small pieces of metal, place them between engraved dies and strike them with a hammer to impress the design.
Cy HarrisHOST
And now, Dr. Watson, about the epilogue to the adventure of the corpse in the Roman toga.
Dr. WatsonVOICE_ACTOR
The officers of the Royal Mint tended Holmes and myself a dinner in recognition of our invaluable services in breaking up a counterfeiting outfit which had threatened the value of British currency.
Dr. WatsonVOICE_ACTOR
Holmes received a large illuminated scroll and a sizable check.
Cy HarrisHOST
Always acceptable, eh, Dr. Watson?
RonHOST
What are we going to do with all this? All right, but wait, there's more.
RonHOST
Because now we get, this is crazy on many levels, from the Royal Mint in London, England.
RonHOST
Wait till you hear what they're saying about demand for precious metals.
RonHOST
This is getting real interesting.
RonHOST
Here we are at the Royal Mint website.
RonHOST
Uh-oh.
RonHOST
Oh, there we go.
RonHOST
Who tells us this? Silver and platinum demand reaches record levels as investors return to gold at the Royal Mint.
Alexi TalanderNARRATOR
But in England, enthusiasm does not stop short with mere words.
Alexi TalanderNARRATOR
It strikes off money faster than the dies of the Royal Mint itself.
Alexi TalanderNARRATOR
Subscription to encourage Dr. Ferguson was voted there and then, and it at once attained the handsome amount of £2,500.
Alexi TalanderNARRATOR
The sum was made commensurate with the importance of the enterprise.
Joe JaquintHOST
And I told you yesterday, listen, demand for silver is outrageous all over the world except here.
Joe JaquintHOST
The Royal Mint in the U.K. just broke records for silver demand.
Joe JaquintHOST
And then Jason just told you, uh-oh, guys.
Joe JaquintHOST
It's
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