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<!-- [[Image:Royal Mint London from 1833 Schmollinger map.jpg|thumb|left|The Royal Mint moved from the Tower of London to new premises ''c.''1809]] -->

All'epoca dell'arrivo di Newton, la Zecca era stata ampliata occupando diversi edifici di legno traballante attorno alla Torre.

By the time Newton arrived, the Mint had expanded to fill several rickety wooden buildings ranged around the outside of the Tower. In the seventeenth century the processes for minting coins were mechanised and rolling mills and coining presses were installed. The new machinery and the demand on space in the Tower of London following the outbreak of war with [[France]] led to a decision to move the Mint to an adjacent site in [[East Smithfield]]. The new building, designed by James Johnson and [[Robert Smirke (architect)|Robert Smirke]], was completed in 1809, and included space for the new machinery, and accommodation for the officers and staff of the Mint.

Nel XVII secolo,i processi per battere moneta furono meccanizzati con l'installazione di laminatoi e presse coniatura.

The new machinery and the demand on space in the Tower of London following the outbreak of war with [[France]] led to a decision to move the Mint to an adjacent site in [[East Smithfield]].

The new building, designed by James Johnson and [[Robert Smirke (architect)|Robert Smirke]], was completed in 1809, and included space for the new machinery, and accommodation for the officers and staff of the Mint.

The building was rebuilt in the 1880s to accommodate new machinery which increased the capacity of the Mint. As technology changed with the introduction of electricity and demand grew, the process of rebuilding continued so that by the 1960s little of the original mint remained, apart from Smirke's 1809 building and the gatehouse in the front.