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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2329599, member: 69760&quot;]I&#039;m wondering if anyone can further identify these printing blocks, which were supposedly used to create images of coins onto a book. The blocks are made of wood with round copper &quot;stampers&quot; (not sure what the terminology is) nailed to the blocks. The images are of the obverse and reverse of very old colonial era coins - one is the Massachusetts Cent and the other is the Willow Tree Shilling.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe it&#039;s from <i>at least</i> the 19th century, judging by how some of the printing blocks look. I even tried searching for antique books online with images of coins that are roughly 1&quot; in diameter that match these in likeness. But after a decent attempt, it was just too much to go through...</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that the marker writing was added for auctioning off the printing blocks a long while back. Maybe the company went under or they needed newer printing blocks. Not sure what the history is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have an educated guess, or perhaps know exactly what these are?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1070224_zps39iltid3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1070225_zpseq3zeh9n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1070226_zpsmqr4kjlm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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