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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 981591, member: 4580&quot;]Here is a medal that describes advances in number of coins, I believe one penny &#039;cartwheel&#039; coins, struck by a high-speed steam-powered coin press at Matthew Boulton&#039;s Soho Mint.&nbsp; I can&#039;t read French but will try to determine just what the lettering spells out.&nbsp; Perhaps somebody here can read and translate the French for us.&nbsp; : )</p><p><br /></p><p>The photographs were taken by Eric Holcomb.&nbsp; I did the composition here this morning.&nbsp; The medal is not for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Larrymo123/after%208-9-09/BoultonsMedalinFrench1024b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There can be no doubt that Matthew Boulton was the father of modern high-speed coining.</p><p><br /></p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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