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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 3052877, member: 40017&quot;]I think both these tools are different from your Zainehaken. The first is for actually creating the coin - I would imagine a hot blank is placed in the jaws and then it is squeezed hard using the advantage of leverage to imprint the coin with the design from the dies, which are lodged in the jaws. The Cutters in the picture are just that - as you say probably for trimming sheet metal to blank-size.</p><p>The Zainehaken seems to have been a long hook arrangement for moving long bars of hot metal.</p><p>These are the two references I came upon:</p><p><a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;prev=search&amp;rurl=translate.google.co.uk&amp;sl=de&amp;sp=nmt4&amp;u=http://www.numispedia.de/Zainhaken&amp;xid=17259,15700021,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700173,15700186,15700201&amp;usg=ALkJrhgl9LPCjnP5MiaiqygRDyRLIifKVQ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;prev=search&amp;rurl=translate.google.co.uk&amp;sl=de&amp;sp=nmt4&amp;u=http://www.numispedia.de/Zainhaken&amp;xid=17259,15700021,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700173,15700186,15700201&amp;usg=ALkJrhgl9LPCjnP5MiaiqygRDyRLIifKVQ" rel="nofollow">https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;prev=search&amp;rurl=translate.google.co.uk&amp;sl=de&amp;sp=nmt4&amp;u=http://www.numispedia.de/Zainhaken&amp;xid=17259,15700021,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700173,15700186,15700201&amp;usg=ALkJrhgl9LPCjnP5MiaiqygRDyRLIifKVQ</a></p><p>and:</p><p><a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;prev=search&amp;rurl=translate.google.co.uk&amp;sl=de&amp;sp=nmt4&amp;u=http://www.numispedia.de/Zain&amp;xid=17259,15700021,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700173,15700186,15700201&amp;usg=ALkJrhhjhSwxN9sXeHvvUw7U2myk9PNXvg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;prev=search&amp;rurl=translate.google.co.uk&amp;sl=de&amp;sp=nmt4&amp;u=http://www.numispedia.de/Zain&amp;xid=17259,15700021,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700173,15700186,15700201&amp;usg=ALkJrhhjhSwxN9sXeHvvUw7U2myk9PNXvg" rel="nofollow">https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;prev=search&amp;rurl=translate.google.co.uk&amp;sl=de&amp;sp=nmt4&amp;u=http://www.numispedia.de/Zain&amp;xid=17259,15700021,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700173,15700186,15700201&amp;usg=ALkJrhhjhSwxN9sXeHvvUw7U2myk9PNXvg</a></p><p>I hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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