MINT
DIRECTORS
CONFERENCE

About the Mint Directors Conference

Established in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1962, the Mint Directors Conference (MDC) was founded by the directors of 10 western European mints. The MDC was previously referred to as the European Mint Directors’ Conference and also known as the International Mint Directors Conference.

Today, the MDC, as a consortium of mint directors, has been replaced the Mint Directors Association (MDA), with a membership of 20 mints from around the world, which takes over as the principal body of government mints worldwide, promoting the regular exchange of information on all coinage matters.

The MDC now refers solely to the biennial conference, hosted in turn by MDA members to share information of common interest and to discuss the challenges the mint industry faces.

Locations for previous events include: 

• 2025 – Cape Town, South Africa
• 2023 – Ottawa, Canada
• 2022 – Online
• 2018 – Seoul, South Korea
• 2016 – Bangkok, Thailand
• 2014 – Mexico City, Mexico
• 2012 – Vienna, Austria
• 2010 – Canberra, Australia
• 2008 – Seoul, South Korea
• 2006 – Paris, France
• 2004 – San Francisco, USA
• 2002 – Osaka, Japan