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Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Automatic Balances. Date: circa 1910s
Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Assay Furnaces Date: circa 1910s
Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Melting Furnace Date: circa 1910s
Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer who has been stealing pewter beer tankards, which he has been turning into coinage to bring back to spend at the same establishment
Portuguese coins - early 20th century, charting the change from the reign of Carlos I, up to his assassination in 1908, the brief reign of his son Manuel II
A Pretty Penny by BatcherlorA glamorous bathing belle with a fashionable paper parasol poses elegantly on a penny coin. Date: 1927
Pearly Kings Count UpCounting up money donated to a Pearly King charity. Date: 1930s
Interior of Royal MintInterior of the Royal Mint, London Date: 1820
Rimming Coins at MintRimming coins at the Royal Mint, London Date: 1887
An early Egyptian Private BankerPop in and speak to your own personal banker at Egypts first fully staffed cash machine doorway! A wonderful postcard depicting a money changer seated in front of his unlocked safe alongside piles of
The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Bates Scales foIn June 1842 a proclamation was issued announcing that a large prportion of the gold coinage in Britain had become worn and devalued and was below its prescribed weight of five penny weights
Money Changer / ChinaA money changer examines a coin to check against others which he stoes on strings to correctly assess size and weight
Melting Metal for CoinsMelting metal for coins at the Royal Mint, London
Coining in Germany C16Coining in Germany
Maximilian I Shown MintA mint is shown to the young Emperor Maximilian I
Moulding Coins at MintMoulding coins at the Royal Mint, London
German MintCoining in Germany
Coining Machines 1797Coining machines
Blanching & Drying CoinsThe blanching room is where blanks, after annealing, have their surfaces polished. After this the coins are dried in revolving drums
Coin Presses at MintThe coining presses are capable of striking coins of any denomination at the rate of one hundred and twenty per minute
Cutting Room at MintCoin blanks of a specified weight are cut out from strips by presses
Coin Weighing MachinesAutomatic coin-weighing machines separate coins into three different weight divisions
Pyx Office at MintIngots of silver are weighed in the Pyx office, checking that they are the correct weight
Coining Press RoomA close-up view of a coining press
Telling Room at MintAfter final examination the coins are counted automatically into bags containing a specific value
Rolling Room 1 at MintRolling room no.1 at the Royal Mint, where gold or silver bars are rolled down into strips of coin thickness
Silver Melting RoomThe silver melting house at the Royal Mint, London Date: circa 1910
Silver Melting at MintThe silver melting house
Annealing at Royal MintThe rotary annealing room, where blanks are softened in the red hot furnaces
COINING 1555Coining
Bagging New CoinsTwo men scooping up finished coins and placing them in bags at the Royal Mint
Making MoneyBrand new British coins (pre- Decimalisation), pouring out of the processor, are collected by willing hands
Quality Checking CoinsQuality checking new coins at the Royal Mint as they come off the conveyor belt, rejecting the badly made ones