This archival film from 1956 provides valuable insight into the coin minting process at the Royal Mint, the official mint of the United Kingdom. At the beginning, a furnace is shown where metal is heated to high temperatures. Molten metal is poured from vessels and, using a mechanical arm
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Od antičkog doba, pa praktički sve do kraja 16. stoljeća, novac se proizvodio ručnim kovanjem, odnosno udarnom tehnikom u kojoj je svaki primjerak nastajao pojedinačno. Postupak je zahtijevao preciznu pripremu, uigranost više osoba i visok stupanj zanatske vještine. Kovanje se odvijalo kroz jasno definirane faze.
Replacement banknotes represent a special and often insufficiently known segment of notaphily, which interestingly connects the technical process of money printing with collecting practice. Although at first glance they do not differ from regular specimens, their role in the monetary system and the way they are marked make them particularly interesting to researchers
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