Milled coinage
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In numismatics, the term milled coinage is used to describe coins which are produced by some form of machine, rather than by manually hammering coin blanks between two dies or casting coins from dies.
Milled edges of Indian five rupees coins
A mill for the production of 'milled' coins with both coin dies illustrated.
A mill for inscribing or milling the edges of coin flans or planchets.
French-made coining press from 1831 (National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid)
Mint (facility)
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A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency.
Milled coinage
…addition, the reeding of coins of higher value, applied by the collar holding the coin when it is stamped, can be considered part of the milled edge. Mint (facility) Reeding, also known as "milling…
United States Mint, Philadelphia
Bronze mold for minting banliang coins, Warring States period (475–221 BC), State of Qin, from an excavation in Qishan County, Baoji, Shaanxi province, China
Ionia, uncertain city (possibly Kyme, Aeolis) 600–550 BCE, Hemiobol. Horse head, rough incuse
A furnace for producing molten metal for coin production.