Making Money Collection

Interior of the Mint, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Mint, c1872. Workers at the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury

Coining press and dies from the Tower of London, 1800

Money making; stamping and milling the disks and weighing the finished coins, 20th century. When the disks have been cut they are marked (top left), that is

Money making; cutting strips of silver into disks, 20th century. The cutting machine stamps out a double row of disks

Making money; lowering a pot of liquid metal into a machine, 20th century. Artist
Making money; lowering a pot of liquid metal into a machine, 20th century

Making money; pots of liquid metal being handled in the melting room, 20th century. A red hot pot containing liquid metal has been lifted out of the furnace in a clamp

The Pretoria mint before it was taken over by the British, Transvaal, South Africa, 1900. The capital of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the Boer War

Coiners at work, 1577, (1893). From Holinshed d History, 1577. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co

Cutting coin blanks from metal strips, Royal Mint, London, 1897. After being cut, the blanks were then put in a coin stamping press

Milling the edges of coins, Royal Mint, London, 1891. A milled edge meant that metal could not be stolen from the edges of gold and silver coins by clipping, so reducing their intrinsic value

Coining press at the Royal Mint, London, 1891

Minting coins, 1750. At bottom right are dies that would be put in the press, being operated by the two men, in which coins are stamped out. From The Universal Magazine. (London 1750)

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