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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1828232, member: 112&quot;]Dies were not made by hubbing, as you mean it, until 1900.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;In 1790, Boulton learned of the die-engraving machine of Jean Baptiste Bartlemey Dupeyrat (1759-1834) and obtained one for his Soho Mint. It was utilized there to do what it did in other mints – reducing the main device from an oversize metal pattern, then employed hand engravers to add lettering and small symbols by hand punches.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;Boulton is noted for expressing the wish in 1797, “I look to the time when it can cut the entire side of a coin or medal, not just the device.” This was not to happen until Victor Janvier invented his die engraver in 1899.&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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