not think he would have considered
time had been wasted here. The
any
originating of new designs
was not contemplated and
on matrices
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finishing the "reverse" and it will probably be about a fortnight before the dies can be forwarded.
His Excellency may
have had
that I am
As an artisan
it been, special tools have to be made
for any change in the
in all
details of a die
appliance
and
more
Much
of these special
operations is part of an ordinary
die sinker's duty, in England, this forms a separate branch. The Engraver has therefore laboured under disadvantages, and I
great
labour
and has done,
carved.
Mr Sheard is doing his best to forward this work. Enclosed is a "proof" in lead to show what the Engraver has
succeeded with the "obverse" - he is now
working on the "reverse"
himself thus
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these pieces, in which I have taken much interest, should be creditably struck
without a
month's delay
being
The dies for the subsidiary
coins, being more mechanical than artistic
new
in design, will of course be produced
rapidly, where a matrix can
be formed from steel type it is a very different process to producing
chiefly by the Engraver.
designs
When the Superintendent of the
Coining Department writes
on the 23rd.