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Coinage: a coin press with dies, for minting coins, used in the Royal Mint. Engraving, ca. 1740-1760.

A True description of the mint Giving an account of its first becoming a place of refuge for debtors; the extents of its antient and modern limits. The manners, ways, and customs of the inhabitants: with their character, nature and temper. As also, their laws and method of punishing a bailiff and his follower, or s[i]tter, with the oath they cause him to take: and several other things, relating to the mint in general.

The 2009 UK Kew Gardens 50p brilliant uncirculated coin / The Royal Mint.

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The 2009 UK Kew Gardens 50p brilliant uncirculated coin / The Royal Mint.