Coining press

Presses came in multiple shapes and with different accessories (to collect the coins, etc.)

The basic elements are:[1][2][3] Each coin is formed in a single operation.

[4] Before the press, coins were minted with a hammer: After this, the "flam" were distributed to the moneyers to have the impressions put on them.

Each moneyer had two irons or puncheons, one of which was called the "pile” and the other the “ Trussell” The "pile” was from seven to eight inches long and was firmly fixed in a block of wood (called "ceppeau ' in the French Ordonnances).

The “flan "being placed on the “pile" the " Trussell" was applied to the upper side of it by means of a twisted wand, or by the hand, and the moneyer then struck the end of the puncheon with the hammer until the impression was produced on the "flan.