Series
Royal Mint: Quinquennial Series 3: Digitised Paper Files
Catalogue reference: MINT 33
What's it about?
MINT 33
The records in this series comprise digitised paper files from the Royal Mint's Quinquennial Series 3.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MINT 33
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Mint: Quinquennial Series 3: Digitised Paper Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1972-1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series comprise digitised paper files from the Royal Mint's Quinquennial Series 3.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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References for born digital records are automatically generated and display a 'Z' after a forward slash, which distinguish them from traditional references allocated to paper and digitised records. Records in this series were transferred with born digital referencing because they had been digitised for business use before transfer took place.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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411 digital record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2016 Royal Mint
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The original paper files were damaged by a fire (soot and smoke damage) at the Royal Mint in 2008. These records were digitised by the department for business purposes, subsequently used digitally and later transferred to The National Archives as born-digital records.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1972 to 1976
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are anticipated.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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OSP22 - The Records of the Royal Mint 1975-2002. Selection criteria and topics covered in these files are described in 'OSP22 - The Records of the Royal Mint, 1975 - 2000', Table 2. However, the files codes in Table 2 only extends from 1972 to 1991; a new set of registry file codes covering file series 7 to 9 (inclusive) which seem to have changed to tri-annual series, was introduced from 1992 to 2001.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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From 1971 to 1976, the Royal Mint was arranged organisationally into the following business units: Office of the Master of the Mint (Chancellor of the Exchequer); Deputy Master and Comptroller; Secretary and Establishment Officer; Establishment Branch; Sales and Marketing Division; Production Division; Assay Department, and Engraving Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16303891/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MINT
Records of the Royal Mint
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Royal Mint: Quinquennial Series 3: Digitised Paper Files