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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3221627, member: 112&quot;]In 1643 the French Royal Mint became the first to start making milled coins. Prior to that, coins were minted by hand using the hammer method. Everything was done by hand prior to that. But in 1643 that all changed and machines began being used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Primitive machines perhaps but still machines. Planchet strip was produced, rolled out to a consistent thickness, planchets were cut by machine to a consistent size, and the planchets were struck using mechanical presses. But the dies, the dies were still largely made by hand. And that would not change until around 1870.</p><p><br /></p><p>Answer your question ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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