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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 3931761, member: 16729&quot;]I encountered this quote (in Korean, but translated here):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;<i>In order to improve the quality of the large denomination commemorative coins, a letter engraving machine was introduced on May 31, 1986 from Schuler, Germany.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>This quote is from the South Korean Mint&#039;s &quot;50th Anniversary of the Mint&quot; official history.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s from the section of this official history that relates to the developments at the Mint in the 1980s.&nbsp; It mentioned that the Mint installed new minting machinery, including two reducing lathes from Britain (I wonder what British company manufactures pantographs?), as well as several new HME proof-class presses to manufacture the 1988 Seoul Olympics commemorative coins. Then at the end of the paragraph, there is this part about the &quot;letter engraving machine (문자각인기)&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>문자 [moon ja]: Letter, </p><p>각인 [gak in]: Engraving, </p><p>기 [kee] Machine[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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