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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3663253, member: 93416&quot;]Don&#039;t know about Rome – but the account of early Moghul mints (Akbar) show that the guy who placed the flan between the dies was paid a pittance, but the guy who swung the hammer - nothing at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears the guy who placed the flan had to hire the hammer man off the street, and pay him (perhaps just in food?) out of his own wage.</p><p><br /></p><p>It occurs to me that if the two found they did not to get on too well, the guy who placed the flan might start to regret his choice, and worry more about keeping his fingers, with centering the flan becoming a rather secondary matter…..</p><p><br /></p><p>(No reason to suppose all slaves were best mates either)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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