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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cachecoins, post: 4408627, member: 111237&quot;]This was how they did it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Annaberger Bergaltar, 1522, Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany shows the process of coin minting from mining, processing the metals, to the mint. The process of etching the die in ancient and medieval times was a combo of etching and punches by highly talented men who did little else. It took talent and good eyes. I have studied more modern (17th - 18th century) engravers and they were often hired after talent competitions, many came from generations of engravers and metal smiths, and they studied under masters until they could do it like it came natural to them.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Annaberger-Bergaltar2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107173[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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