Records of the coinage of Scotland : from the earliest period to the union (1876)
Cochran-Patrick, Robert William, 1842-1897, Cochran-Patrick, Robert William, 1842-1897, Scotland. Laws, statutes, etc, Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc · Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas · leaf 72
s fixed on thecopper plate, so that the flan beingplaced between them, was touched oneach side by the marked edges of thesteel bands. This second steel wasmoved by a mechanical arrangementof a wheel and handle (as shown inthe cut), and the revolving flan re-ceived at once the milling or… … Milling Machine. From a woodcut iii Boizaids Traiti dcsMonnoies. Paris, 1692. It will be observed, on referring to his table,^ that he gives the sterling standardof 11 oz. 2 d from the earliest period down to 1529. But a much baser coinage was incirculation long before this. In 1355 it is recorded…
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