Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato

The Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato SpA ( IPZS ) (German Institute print and coin of the State), the State Printing and Mint in Italy. It is a public company that is 100 percent owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. The company's headquarters is located on the Via Salaria in Rome.

Business

The IPZS takes over the printing and distribution of the Official Journal of the Republic of Italy ( Gazzetta Ufficiale ) and other government publications. In addition, statements such as passports, identity cards, smart cards and driving licenses, and security systems and Internet services for government and private clients. Also be produced coins, banknotes, medals, decorations, stamps, stamp and seal.

History

The State Printing was founded in 1928 in Rome. In 1978 it merged with the State Mint, which had taken over Italy in 1870 by the Papal States, and therefore adopted its present name. Since 2002, the IPZS is a corporation. 2010 it moved its headquarters from Piazza Giuseppe Verdi at the Via Salaria in the north of Rome.

The Numismatic Museum of IPZS located since 1961 in the Palazzo delle Finanze on Via XX Settembre in Rome.