Medals Made from Hand-Engraved Dies at Shanghai Mint Lots of great info on engraved dies, and certainly some beautiful pictures of art work on medals shown. Wow. http://modern-chinese-numismatic-in...howComment=1432034530956#c1121588860426445672
Interesting article. I wonder if and why this mint doesn't also revert to older technology in terms of creating the raw dies by hand smelting and casting the steel, having the craftsmen work in candle light, and using a screw or toggle press instead of their modern presses? I mean, if they are going to revert back in time only one small part of the process, why bother....I don't see the point. Still, an interesting article. .
