For the first time in its 1,000 year history, a documentary team has been given access to all areas of the Royal Mint. Based in Llantrisant with a workforce of 850 - it produces not only all the coins used in the United Kingdom but those of fifty other countries besides. In this first episode, we discover who chooses the designs that grace the coins in our pockets and hear that the furnace, an iconic part of the Royal Mint, could be under threat of closure.
For the first time in its 1,000 year history, a documentary team has been given access to all areas of the Royal Mint. Today, a huge anti-counterfeiting operation reaches its climax and the Olympics team take it to the wire as they bid for the commission of a lifetime - the 2012 Olympic medals.
The Royal Mint takes a risk by making a coin for a royal event that hasn't yet happened and an order, completed to an impossible deadline, finally leaves the Mint. Will the client be impressed?
In this final episode, the Royal Mint gears up for the marketing opportunity of a lifetime, the 2012 Olympic Games. And the foundry men find out if the furnace is to close.