Mint Machinery, circa 1853—1854, 1863, 1870—1873, 1875, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1890, 1893...

MS 3147/7/23

Mint Machinery, circa 1853—1854, 1863, 1870—1873, 1875, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1890, 1893 (42 items).

1853 - 1893

23. Mint Machinery. Circa 1853-1854, 1863, 1870-1873, 1875, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1890, 1893. 42 items.
Coining presses, parts of presses, moulds, counting machines, milling machines, mint machinery etc. for various customers.

Sydney Mint, Australia:
Elevation and plan of the rolling mill and coining presses - tracing marked "Taylor & Allen", not dated [circa 1853-1854].
Milling machine - tracing marked "by Taylor & Allen", not dated [circa 1853-1854].

Lima Mint, Peru:
Frame for holding moulds - coloured tracing, Sep. 1863.
Weighing and sorting tables - coloured reverse drawing, Aug. 1871.
Trucks for strips and blanks - partially coloured reverse drawing, Dec. 1871.
Plan showing general arrangement of rolling mill, floor plates, shafting etc. -coloured tracing, Feb. 1872.
Details of side rods for coining press - coloured tracing, May 1872.

Japan Mint:
Punches and beds for cutting out press - partially coloured reverse drawing, Jan. 1870.
Longitudinal and transverse sections of engines and rolling mill - 2 partially coloured tracings, Jun. ? [date and letter code torn away].

Brown Shipley & Co.:
Filling table for counting machine - coloured tracing, May 1873.

Siam Mint:
Silver pouring machine - partially coloured tracing, Jan. 1875.
Carriage for ingot moulds - partially coloured tracing marked "Lima Mint patterns to be brought in", Jan. 1875.
Front bars for carriage for ingot moulds - partially coloured tracing, Feb. 1875.

R. R. Symon & Co., Culiacan, Mexico:
End of lever - tracing, Mar. 1879.

Zacatecas Mint, Mexico:
Details of spur mortice wheel and pinion - partially coloured tracing, Sep. 1880.
Section of foundations - copy on blueprint paper, Oct. 1880.
Milling machine - partially coloured tracing, Nov. 1880.
Details of shaft etc. for milling machine - copy on blueprint paper, Nov. 1880.
Adjustable disc for feed gear of cutting out press - copy on blueprint paper, Dec. 1880.

Mexican Mint (de Gress' Order):
Lever coining press for coining Mexican nickel coins for Francis de Gress - copy on blueprint paper, May 1882.
Details of coining press - tracing and copy on blueprint paper, Jun. 1882.
Sketch of steel lever - copy on blueprint paper, Jun. 1882.
Details of counting machine - partially coloured tracing, Jul. 1882.

James Watt & Co., Soho Foundry (standard drawing):
Details of tools for making small crucibles - copy on blueprint paper, Oct. 1882.

Bengal (Calcutta) Mint, India:
Set of rupee ingot moulds - tracing (2 copies), Nov. 1890.

Miscellaneous:
Unidentified parts of coining presses [lever ends?], as made for various customers - 2 tracings, not dated.
Memorandum of sizes and content of silver melting pots for various customers - not dated.
Memorandum of rough weights of coining presses for De Gress, Lima Mint and Zacatecas Mint - not dated.
Details of self feeding apparatus for a milling machine - partially coloured tracing, not dated.
Section of a coining press [?] - not dated.
Sections of a coining press - pencil drawing, not dated.
Small drawing of a hydraulic press, not dated.
Bottom die dish for lever coining press as used in the United States Mint, Philadelphia - pencil drawing, not dated.
Two card templates of levers.
? [parts of a coining press?] - tracing, not dated.
? [feeding tables?] - 2 tracings, not dated.