<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">screw presses</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>coins</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>presses</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>coin press</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>coin presses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>coining press</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>presses, screw</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>screw press</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>screw-press</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></note></mads>