Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7499928, member: 97383&quot;]robinjojo, That&#039;s a nice hefty thaler size silver coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! It&#039;s interesting that a number of European countries resisted the move to machine made coinage, or in the case of Elizabethan England, machinery for making the new coinage was tried out for 10 years &amp; suddenly they reverted to the old hammer struck method because the guild of moneyers was afraid of losing their jobs <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. A great example of unions impeding progress for the sake of their own preservation <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in