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.

Although there have been many changes, 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.

● Birmingham, in the early days of the Industrial Revolution, was a hive of activity. We can join in a virtual walk around the streets and squares, which Matthew Boulton would have known, in Prof George Selgin’s ‘A Ramble ‘Round Old Birmingham.’ Click HERE to join the tour...

● Daniel Eccleston was one of the 18th Century’s fully qualified eccentrics, but his Lancashire Halfpenny tokens were, quite likely, Matthew Boulton’s first successful use of die multiplication. For a review of the reverse dies identified so far, click HERE

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