This association with the Royal Mint came to an end on 1 July 1941, when its Pretoria branch became the South African Mint. Today, the South African Mint belongs to the South African Reserve Bank, and is minting coins of a world standard. 3.
We are here to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Japan and Italy: one century and a half, during which our two countries have undertaken enormous transformations, with differences but also with analogies. And because this occasion is a historical one, my approach will be historical as well.