St. Petersburg, russia
2025
2025
MINT MUSEUM
Curious how money is made? Take a tour of the St Petersburg Mint Museum and Production Complex
So, how do they actually make money?
For only 400 rubles, you can uncover the secrets of this fascinating process at the St Petersburg Mint.
In 2024, the Mint opened a new Museum and Production Complex — located right inside the working factory.
For only 400 rubles, you can uncover the secrets of this fascinating process at the St Petersburg Mint.
In 2024, the Mint opened a new Museum and Production Complex — located right inside the working factory.
The Museum and Production Complex can be visited only on weekdays during working hours and exclusively as part of a guided tour.
Here, visitors can see a real section of the Mint’s operating workshop.
During the tour, you’ll learn about the main stages of the technological process and see:
Here, visitors can see a real section of the Mint’s operating workshop.
During the tour, you’ll learn about the main stages of the technological process and see:
- A 3D modeling specialist’s workstation
- An automated engraving machine
- A hand engraver’s workstation
- Manual tool polishing
- Coin striking in both manual and automatic modes
- Automatic minting of non-ferrous metal items
- A blank weighing line
- Tumble finishing
- UV printing of colored images
Midday at the workshop — the production process in action
Automatic minting of non-ferrous metal coins
Commemorative medals "Born in St Petersburg" with UV printing
The tour guide will share fascinating details about modern coin production and even let you hold real coin blanks.
You’ll also see commemorative coins, giant gold coins (those you can’t touch), as well as tokens, orders, and medals produced by the Mint.
All tours are conducted in Russian.
You’ll also see commemorative coins, giant gold coins (those you can’t touch), as well as tokens, orders, and medals produced by the Mint.
All tours are conducted in Russian.
Coin blanks
On the right: a 50,000-ruble coin made of pure gold
The Museum and Production Complex was opened in the specially restored northern tower of the Mint building and in the adjoining part of the operating workshop.
In the 19th century, this tower housed a gold smelting workshop, while the neighboring rooms were used for coin minting.
Today, a mid-20th-century coining press stands here — a machine that produced several tens of millions of coins over its fifty years of operation.
In the 19th century, this tower housed a gold smelting workshop, while the neighboring rooms were used for coin minting.
Today, a mid-20th-century coining press stands here — a machine that produced several tens of millions of coins over its fifty years of operation.
Details
Location:
Peter and Paul Fortress, Northern Tower of the St Petersburg Mint building
Opening hours:
The complex can be visited only on weekdays and only with a guided tour.
Tour times: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30
Tour duration:
40−45 minutes
Tickets:
Adults — 400 RUB
Schoolchildren, students, and seniors — 300 RUB
It’s best to book your tickets in advance on the Mint’s official website →
Select "Museum and Production Complex" from the list.
Online payment is not required — tickets must be purchased in person at the Money Museum ticket office within the Peter and Paul Fortress, no later than 15 minutes before the tour.
Location:
Peter and Paul Fortress, Northern Tower of the St Petersburg Mint building
Opening hours:
The complex can be visited only on weekdays and only with a guided tour.
Tour times: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30
Tour duration:
40−45 minutes
Tickets:
Adults — 400 RUB
Schoolchildren, students, and seniors — 300 RUB
It’s best to book your tickets in advance on the Mint’s official website →
Select "Museum and Production Complex" from the list.
Online payment is not required — tickets must be purchased in person at the Money Museum ticket office within the Peter and Paul Fortress, no later than 15 minutes before the tour.
All photos were taken by the author of the blog. Information is current as of November 2025. All descriptions reflect personal impressions only.
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