Mint Collection (page 2)

America. American Drink Glasses 1850
Prototype for the cocktail shaker, 2 glasses, that fit together, used to shake ice, flavourings and alcohol. The drink depicted is a mint julep with lemon peel, ice

Royal Mint, London 1900
Receiving silver ingots to make coins. Date: 1900

OLD ENGLISH COINS
Old (pre-Decimalisation) British coins (left to right): Top - penny, half penny, threepenny bit. Bottom - half crown, two shillings, one shilling, sixpence - heads. Date: 1960s

The Mint, Southwark 1825
The Mint, Southwark. Date: 1825

Royal Mint
A press and dies formerly used at the Royal Mint in the time of George II

The Royal Mint - The Cutting Room. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - The Medal Presses. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - The Chancellor Balance
The Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London - The Chancellor Balance. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - The Museum. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - Gold Melting House. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - Exterior
The Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London - Exterior. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - Silver Melting House. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - Gold Rolling (fine) Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - Gold Rolling. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - Annealing Furnaces. Date: circa 1908

The Royal Mint - Weighing Room Date: circa 1908

Roman coin. Asses. Bronze. 1st century BC. Mint of Iltirda (Lerida). Catalonia. Museum of History. Sabadell. Catalonia, Spain

As. Roman coin. Bronze. Showing Augustus on the obserse. 1st
As. Roman coin. Bronze. Used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Showing Augustus on the obserse. 1st century BC. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Gold Bars Bullion
400 Troy Ounce gold bar. Perth Mint, Australia

Chinese tribute money entering the mint
The safe arrival at the English mint of the Chinese silver paid as indemnity wa arranged by a recent treaty. Here the wagons are shown moving slowly under their valuable burden

Science Jottings by Dr W. Heath Robinson II
II Testing gold with the uncle magnet at the mint. Typically ridiculous invention by Heath Robinson showing men at the Royal Mint testing gold by holding a pawn brokers sign nearby. Date: 1909

Assarius. Reverse and adverse. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Mint of
Assarius. Roman Coins. Left. Reverse. As. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Rider with palm. Adverse. As. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Head with amphora. Mint of Eusti (Caldes de Montbui). History Museum. Sabadell

Caricature of Queen Victoria as a shepherdess with lambs and an animated pot of mint sauce. In the matter of lambs, Her Majesty sings, we mean to do without them

Doble Excelente (Double Excellent) coined in Seville. 1480. Obverse of gold coin with the representation of the Catholic Monarchs. Coin

Mumbai -The India Government Mint, established in 1829 by the then governor of the Bombay Presidency. Date: circa 1910s

Mentha arvensis, mint
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

The Mint, Santiago, Chile, South America
The Mint of Santiago -- street scene in Chile, South America. 1824

William Sherrington 16C
SIR WILLIAM SHERRINGTON (or SHERINGTON or SHARINGTON) Vice-treasurer of the Mint at Bristol

The Trial of the Pyx
The first part of the proceedings of the Trial of the Pyx, held in the Board room of the Treasury; this ancient ceremony is connected with the Mint for testing the purity of its work. Date: 1870

Assarius. Adverse. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Head. Mint of Iltirc
Assarius. Roman Coins. Adverse. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Head. Mint of Iltircescen (Tortosa, Catalonia). History Museum. Sabadell. Catalonia. Spain

Two Asses. Bronze. 1st century. Denarius. Silver. Semis, Bro
Roman Coins. Two Asses. Bronze. 1st century. Denarius. Silver. Semis, Bronze. Mint Cese (Tarragona, Catalonia). History Museum. Sabadell. Catalonia, Spain

As. Reverse. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Rider. Mint of Ilduro (Ma
As. Roman Coins. Reverse. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Rider. Mint of Ilduro (Mataro, Catalonia). History Museum. Sabadell. Catalonia. Spain

Roman coin. As. Reverse. 1st century BC. Decoration: Merida foundation. Oxen guided by a priest. Merida (Augusta Emerita). National Museum of Roman Art. Merida

Roman coin. Dupondius. Adverse with portrait of Livia, wife
Roman coin. Dupondius. Adverse with portrait of Empress Livia, wife of Augustus. Brass. 1st century BC. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Roman coin. Dupondius. Reverse. Relief depicting the gate of the wall of Augusta Emerita. Brass. 1st century BC. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Roman coins. As. Obverse and back depicting Pallas and Pegasus. Quadrans. Back with a lion attacking. Bronze. Mint Unticescen (Emporiae). Museum of Sabadell. Catalonia. Spain

The Mint House. Workers in the smelting of gold pastes. Colored engraving from 1872. Spain

Thomas Graham
Professor THOMAS GRAHAM Master of the Royal Mint Date: 1805 - 1869

Sir John Godsalve
SIR JOHN GODSALVE English statesman, clerk of the Signet and comptroller of the Mint. Date: - 1556

Georg Fugger / Banker
GEORG FUGGER German financier and merchant; son of the founder of the firm, Jakob Fugger I. Leased the Roman mint (1508-15). Date: 1453 - 1506

Mint-leaved monarda or beebalm, Monarda menthaefolia.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

Melbourne Branch Royal Mint
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint in the city of Melbourne in Australia

Scene in the Royal Mint. The Deputy Master, The Right Hon William Grey Ellison-Macartney, allowed Matania to sketch the conversion of tons of early Victorian copper coinage into Georgian pennies

Decorated Mints spread. Mints decorated in flowers including Roses, Daisies, Dahlias, Chrysanthemum, Holly, Golden Locks, Narcissus, Apple Blossom, Violets, Poinsetta, and Geraniums. Date: 1936

Mint Tower Hill
on Tower Hill Date: 1830

THEMINT
on Tower Hill Date: circa 1860

Royal Mint Machinery
Bars of gold being fed into the stamping machines at the Royal Mint. Date: 1930s

Hopton Haynes
HOPTON HAYNES Assay-master at the oyal Mint, London. Date: 1672 - 1749

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