British Coins in Germany

[Chris Perkins 228]

Late last night (in Germany) there was a program on about coin clipping in 16th Century England!

It showed lots of Royal Mint machinery striking coins nowadays etc, and there was also an interview with moneyer Dave Greenhalgh, who is a member of this forum somewhere, but has never posted! And it talked about how the edges were milled and lettering was added to beat the clipper.

It showed a man with a single machine striking £5 gold proofs. They are hit 4 times by the die and the head side is face down. It was dubbed in German, but I expect it was some kind of documentary shown in the UK first.

[Peter 615]

There is diddley squat on TV regarding coins.

I'm sure a metal detecting programme would work with the coins being identified.

Just about everyone has a few "Old Coins" stashed away somewhere.

I'm sure the advertising could be aimed at a nice "niche" market aswell.

[helmet 0]

i dont think that our british coins should be allowed to stay in germany, why should they benefit from our history in their country

[Chris Perkins 228]

They don't want them! They have plenty of history in their own coins. It was on TV!