In its recently published Annual Report for the 2023 fiscal year, the United States Mint reported a 12.1% fall in revenue to $4.68 billion. In volume terms, the Mint shipped 10.5 billion circulation coins to the Federal Reserve Bank compared with 12.1 billion in 2022, a decrease of 1.6 billion coins (-13.2%).

After three successive years of bumper coin production to meet COVID-induced shortages in the cash cycle, volumes of coin produced for circulation by the US Mint in 2023 finally fell back to pre-pandemic levels.

As those involved in the industry continuously review the cost of coins, not just production but also distribution and circulation costs, so do government bodies to ensure that the currency systems in place are best suited to the areas in which they operate.

The European Commission has published the results of its latest Eurobarometer, a survey conducted to measure public perceptions of the euro currency among citizens living in euro-area countries.

In this article, we summarise the information from central bank reports on circulating and commemorative coins and numismatic programmes.

The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) recently published its annual report for 2022. In the year, 110 million circulating coins were supplied to banks, a decrease of 19 million from the 119 million supplied in 2021-2022.

Gold Corporation, which trades as The Perth Mint, has released its 2022-23 annual report, which reports a pre-tax profit of $52.67 million for the year to end June.

Established in 2020 to support national law enforcement authorities in their efforts to fight financial and economic crimes and aid in international cooperation and information exchange, Europol’s European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) has just released its first threat assessment on the matter.

The International Mint Industry Association (IMIA) has issued a position paper on the European Commission’s (EC) draft regulations on the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins.

We continue our periodic series of articles on the latest annual reports from central banks and the information they provide on cash, along with circulating and commemorative coins.