The Perth Mint
Heritage-listed mint with a nineteenth-century melting house and live gold-pour demonstrations.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Perth Mint in East Perth follows Benedetto Pistrucci, the Roman gem engraver who designed the Saint George and the Dragon image on the gold sovereigns struck in this building from eighteen ninety nine. It traces his fight with the Royal Mint in London over the post of Chief Engraver, and the newspapers he used to protest it. You will also hear about the original melting house behind the mint's grand colonial facade, still in use as a live demonstration today.
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