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Swarf, Mostly!	24/01/2022 16:20:40
753 forum posts 80 photos	Hi there, all, I've posted on this topic before but my basic question has never been answered. This post has been prompted by reading in today's news about the Henry III gold penny found by a UK metal detectorist. Before proceeding, I must emphasise that I have no ambitions to embark on a career of counterfeiting - the beds in HM prisons are too hard for my poor old bones and their breakfast times to early!!! Here's a picture of the coin concerned (cribbed from the Mail Online) : According to the news article, 52,000 of these coins were minted in or around 1257 AD. This particular coin is the eighth example still existing - the gold content was worth more than the coin's negotiable value so most were soon melted down. Now, here's my question: you surely don't strike 52,000 coins like these from only one pair of dies, so what technology did mints in 13th century Britain have that would allow/enable them to sink several sets of dies, each striking a common pair of impressions? Even for a soft metal like gold, the dies must surely have been hard??? Best regards, Swarf, Mostly!
Ady1	24/01/2022 16:41:20
6137 forum posts 893 photos	If you strike it while its hot you'll save a lot of effort
Thor 🇳🇴	24/01/2022 16:57:43
1766 forum posts 46 photos	A bit more info about minting here and here.
Peter Cook 6	25/01/2022 12:52:46
462 forum posts 113 photos	Wikipedia Coining (mint) - Wikipedia has some basic information about the making of coin dies in medieval and ancient times.

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