The Old Print Shop

Atelier de Monnayage [Coin-making workshop].

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  • PUBLISHER: Published in Paris, L. Hachette & c.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph, hand-colored,

    DATE: 1848.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 10 3/4 x 14 1/16" (27.3 x 35.8 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: From "Notions Industrielles." Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. a Paris. Lith de P. Bineteau, r. de L'Observance, 6. <br><br> This lithograph depicts a workshop in which coins are made. At the left a gentleman punches the coins out of metal sheets, in the background an individual is pouring molten metal into molds to form said sheets. In the mid-ground the coins are being stamped, and on the eight two people work to ready the metal sheets for stamping.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition, save some chipping in the outer margins.

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