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Myntverket (officially AB Myntverket) is a private Swedish company that produces coins and medals, including the Swedish national coins and the
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
medals. , Swedish coins are minted by Myntverket's parent company, Mint of Finland Ltd (, ) in
Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
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Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
, ending a 1,012-year history of minting Swedish coins in Sweden.


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List of mints Mints designed for the manufacture of coins have been commonplace since coined currency was first developed around 600 BC by the Lydian people of modern-day Turkey. The popularity of coins spread across the Mediterranean so that by the 6th centu ...


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Myntverket
- official site Manufacturing companies of Sweden Mints of Europe Companies based in Södermanland County Currencies of Sweden Eskilstuna {{coin-stub