Royal Mint

The Royal Mint in Britain is, logically, the place where the coins for the kingdom of Britannia are minted. Thus it is a very sensitive place, always heavily guarded to scare away criminals and equipped with various security measures and heavy steel doors. At the mint, the traveler, merchant or simple citizen of Britannia can exchange gold nuggets and gold bars into coins. Smaller coinage is also available, but only on request. The Mint is located within the same building as the town hall of Britain.

The Mint was first seen in Ultima VI, where Terri was its director. During that time, normally a 10% tax was put on every exchange of raw gold into coins, but Terri freed the Avatar from it. In Ultima VII, Cynthia had this job and also didn't put any tax on the exchange. During Ultima VII Part Two, a teleport storm exchanged the Mint with a lighthouse near Fawn on the Serpent Isle. The Avatar had to loot the ruined Mint in order to get passage to Moonshade.

Trivia

 * In Ultima VII Part Two, the ruined Mint is booby-trapped by Batlin's men with teleporter traps to try to destroy the Avatar.
 * The exchange rate is 10 Gold Coins for a nugget and 100 Gold Coins for a gold bar.
 * Looting the mint is a difficult task in Ultima VII. It can only be done by first killing Cynthia, taking her keys, and then resurrecting her. And then there are still the guards...
 * It is possible to loot the mint in Ultima VI by blowing up the door at night and using Unlock Magic, to loot the chests.