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screw presses (coin presses)


Identification code: 300390942



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  • coin press
  • coin presses
  • coining press
  • presses, screw
  • screw press
  • screw-press

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Scope note:

Early modern devices used to mint coins from metal blanks. These consisted of a large screw carrying the die in a holder mounted at its lower end. The screw was operated by workers pulling the weighted end of a long horizontal bar, which descended with great force to hit the blank on the bottom die.

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