Alte Münze zu Clausthal, former mint building in Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Alte Münze zu Clausthal is a Baroque building erected in 1726 on the foundations of its burned predecessor. The ground floor held two minting rooms, while the first floor housed the annealing furnace and the rolling mill; the cellar with the horse-driven mill was retained from the earlier building. The total construction cost was just over 7,000 thalers.

The present building is the third mint on the site, rebuilt on the foundations of its predecessor after the town fire of 26 March 1725 and completed in May 1727 at a cost of just over 7,000 Taler. Minting moved to Hannover in 1849, after which the building housed the Oberharzer Berg- und Hüttenwerke directorate. Mint masters included the dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and King Jérôme Bonaparte of Westphalia.

The building is now the first student dormitory of the Clausthal Studentenwerk, used as housing since 1950. Its name recalls the mint that struck coins here from 1726 to 1849, among them Ausbeutetaler and medals. The mint masters included the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the Electors of Hanover and King Jérôme Bonaparte of Westphalia.

The building is now part of the Technical University of Clausthal and serves primarily as student housing. Check beforehand if public visits are possible outside of exhibition times, as access may be limited to certain areas.

In 1761, during the Seven Years' War, French troops occupied Clausthal and demanded about 122,000 marks of silver, roughly 28 tonnes, from the mint and the tithe office as a war levy. The building later housed the Oberharzer Berg- und Hüttenwerke directorate from 1849 until 1950.