Soho Mint - A World First!

We are here with a thoroughly modern web site to celebrate the achievements of Matthew Boulton who died two hundred years ago in August 1809.

But a modern website is no anachronism; Matthew Boulton was at the leading edge of technology and innovation in his own time.

So here, as a tribute to a great man, we will look at Matthew Boulton, and the Soho Mint; how Mr Boulton fitted into the great scheme of things, how the Mint was established and worked, and what it produced.

The world's first thoroughly modern money.

● The death of Dr Richard G “Dick” Doty on 2nd June 2013 has left a large gap in the ranks of numismatics. One of those who knew him well is Bill McKivor of the Copper Corner in Seattle. Bill has written a personal reminiscence of a man who was truly one of the greats

Click HERE to read about Dr Dick Doty.

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Although progress is sometimes a bit patchy, the website is still very much a work in progress. More items will be added as they become available, but in the meantime please forgive us our deficiencies! We hope to see you back, soon.

● Most collectors of 18th Century tokens are more or less familiar with the pineapple pennies of Barbados - or The Barbadoes as it was referred to at the time. But Matthew Boulton didn’t strike these; he was getting ready to make a new issue dated 1791 - before the order was stopped! Click HERE for a review of what might have been.