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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 14, April 1, 2001, Article 6 DIE MANUFACTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES Perhaps one of our subscribers can assist this gentlemen, who sent the following email. His address is: JODYMEDCALFhome@aol.com "I belong to a group doing living history of the middle ages (600>1600AD) and I need some help with research I am doing. I am trying to document the specifics on the materials, tools, and techniques used to produce the dies used in making hammered coinage. I already have several books on the subject but the best I can find on die production is "the iron stock was stamped and engraved to made the dies". This leaves quite a few gaps and unanswered technical details. I have in the past done wax carvings and had bronze dies cast. While these satisfy the curiosity of elementary students I do not feel they are proper to present in our demonstrations to the public at large. If you could suggest any references with extensive details about die production or someone knowledgeable in this area I would be grateful! Thank-you, Ira Medcalf, Ft.Worth, Texas, USA"

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