Minting

Minting Division

Gold Reef City Mint is one of two privately owned mints in South Africa that have minted legal tender coins. Gold Reef City Mint has been privileged to work on behalf, under license and under the supervision of the South African Mint on a number of occasions.

Gold Reef City Mint is the pioneer in the manufacture of minted precious metal bars in South Africa. Up until 2007 these bars were only available for export to the foreign market but the new Precious Metal Act now allows local residents to own bars. Gold Reef City Mint has been appointed as one of only two manufacturers permitted to produce bars for the Local market. We have developed a detailed infrastructure for bar production.

Expertise 

We manufacture a variety of investment rounds and bars, commemorative medallions, medals, trophies, badges, key rings and corporate gifts. The infrastructure and equipment is well established and enables Gold Reef City Mint to manufacture a vast range of products in a variety of base and precious metals. Gold, silver, and platinum are presently our main focus and specialty.

Over the past 39 years, GRC Mint has developed its ability to operate totally independently. With the exception of packaging materials the Mint is totally self sufficient regarding the design of product, the manufacture of dies and tooling to manufacture blanks and the means to manufacture coins, medals, medallions, minted bars and a large variety of related items. The competence of the staff compliment is of a high standard. All our senior staff have undergone extensive training at the South African Mint. All staff members have skills pertinent to the industry and “on the job” training is ongoing.

Gold Reef City Mint has manufactured legal tender coins and medallions for South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia, Zambia, Mozambique and Suriname. We have produced items for the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the F.W de Klerk Foundation. These medallions feature images of both former President Mandela and President de Klerk. GRC Mint minted the very first medallion ever to bear the image of President Mandela and the first platinum medallion to bear the image of a former President in the form of the F.W. de Klerk Platinum and Gold medallion series.