In numismatics, the term milled coinage (also known as machine-struck coinage) is used to describe coins which are produced by some form of machine, rather than by manually hammering coin blanks between two dies (hammered coinage) or casting coins from dies. == Introduction == Until 1550, coinage techniques used in European mints had not progressed from the hammered coinage of Ancient Greece.
In numismatics, the term milled coinage (also known as machine-struck coinage) is used to describe coins which are produced by some form of machine, rather than by manually hammering coin blanks between two dies (hammered coinage) or casting coins from dies. == Introduction == Until 1550, coinage techniques used in European mints had not progressed from the hammered coinage of Ancient Greece.
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