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These countermarks were placed on imported Spanish dollars by the Bank of England to validate them for circulation in England. The countermarked pieces circulated at slightly higher face value (4 shi… (View Post)

In short: no. This does not happen. If the mint were to deliberately damage or deface a die because it failed an inspection, it would simply be destroyed; they wouldn't carve ampersands on it an… (View Post)

1,1,1-trichloroethane was once a common solvent, favoured as a household solvent because it was (a) cheap, (b) less toxic than many other solvents, (c) non-flammable and so was much safer to work wit… (View Post)

You see these kinds of news articles popping up occasionally. Sometimes it's a genuine ancient coin (as appears to be the case here), sometimes it's a tourist replica. Most of the time, the… (View Post)

Sweden has had three mints in its history. Stockholm has been the primary mint for a thousand years. The Stockholm mint closed and moved in 1975 to the regional town of Eskilstuna, before being close… (View Post)