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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 176675, member: 4367&quot;]Team,&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a nicely colored (not cleaned) 18.11 Capped Bust Half in VF-20 condition (I think <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; The minting process follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Each day horses had to be harnessed to turn a huge wheel that</i></p><p><i>rolled out metal strips. A great charcoal furnace, used to melt metal to</i></p><p><i>produce the strips, had to be fired up. Finally, the wicks on</i></p><p><i>the whale-oil lamps had to be trimmed and readied to light</i></p><p><i>the mint’s dim interior.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>It took a vast amount of human muscle power, and</i></p><p><i>undoubtedly a lot of sweat, to spin the arms of the screw coin</i></p><p><i>presses after the planchets had been inserted for minting.</i></p><p><i>Only when the sun had begun to set, and accurate work</i></p><p><i>became difficult, was the day’s work ended. For 24 years,</i></p><p><i>work continued in this manner. In January of 1816, sparks</i></p><p><i>from a barrel of wood ashes ignited the mill house and</i></p><p><i>partially destroyed the mint.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>No wonder there were such imperfect dies and why the 1815 CBH is SO HARD to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Care &amp; Merry Christmas</p><p>Ben</p><p><img src="http://www.jabpublish.com/1811CBH1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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