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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2664234, member: 83845&quot;]The Soho Mint was created by entrepreneur Matthew Boulton in 1788 on the grounds of the Soho Manufactory.&nbsp; Boulton designed and patented minting machines for use in his mint that were driven by steam engines and which could produce 60 to 80 coins per minute depending on the size of the coin. The mint produced a wide variety of interesting coins, medals and tokens from its founding in 1788 until it was sold off in 1850.</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]591712[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>The Soho Manufactory c. 1800</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]591713[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><i>An 1862 engraving showing the Boulton screw presses in operation at the site of the Birmingham Mint, which purchased all the Soho Mint machinery around 1850.</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p>One group of coins manufactured by the Soho Mint was on its way to India aboard an East Indiaman ship known as the Admiral Gardner when, on January 24, 1809, the ship was caught in a storm and sank near the Goodwin Sands.</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]591714[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Location of the Goodwin Sands</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]591715[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><i>The East Indiaman Repulse (similar in appearance and design to the Admiral Gardner)</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1985 the Admiral Gardner shipwreck was discovered and a great number of copper coins were salvaged from the wreck.&nbsp; My coin, shown below, is one of those recovered coins.&nbsp; While the circumstances of its discovery make this a pretty common coin I love the history of the piece and its connection to both the Soho Mint and the Admiral Gardner.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]591716[/ATTACH]</p><p>If you are interested in learning more about the Soho Mint or the Admiral Gardner the two below links have some really interesting information.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sohomint.info/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sohomint.info/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://sohomint.info/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://eicships.threedecks.org/ships/s815/s815_index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://eicships.threedecks.org/ships/s815/s815_index.html" rel="nofollow">http://eicships.threedecks.org/ships/s815/s815_index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your own examples from the Soho Mint.&nbsp; I know at least [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] has a beautiful coin to share with us <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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