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Objekt 8630

PUNCHING

Description

In punching, the material is brought into shape by striking. Punches are metal pins that end either in a simple form tip or in an intricate pattern.

Object description

Goldsmith punches

Punch-marked Money

Siege coin («klippe») from Bonn 1583 and French «laureate taler» with Bernese countermark punch

Silver, struck and punch-marked

Inv. 1918.946. Museum Faesch, 1903.1238.

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