Hello everyone,
    I am posting this for a friend who is doing research on coins and how
they were made. She can find lots of information on the coins, but very
little about the dies. In particular she is interested in knowing if the dies
were one piece or assembled out of smaller pieces and if any exist in
museums. The time period she is interested in is the 16th, 17th, and 18th
centuries. She is concentrating on European coins and methods. She is
producing a monograph on coins from this area in these time periods and any
information would be helpful. You can reply to me or to the list. Thanks in
advance for your help. Cathy