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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 196900, member: 1824&quot;]Clinker,the milled process of striking coins was introduced into Elizabethan England by a Frenchman named Eloye Mestrelle (who was hanged in 1570 for coin forgery!).The workers at the Royal Mint feared that the new mill press would force them out of work.In the end,the milling experiment was abandoned as being far slower than the old hammered craft method.The Elizabethan &#039;Mill Money&#039; coins are actually quite a very difficult series to get represented.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was not until 1662 that the steam-powered coining press took over &amp; hammering was finally abandoned.The steam-powered coining presses were very powerful,as they could strike coins much faster than Mestrelle&#039;s mill press was able to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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