Message authorized by: : [log in to unmask] at x400post Cathy: I personally am not a coin person ( I am not even going to attempt to spell the real word ) but one of my college profs is a coin nut--Kenneth W. Harl at Tulane University in New Orleans. He is on sabbatical right now and I don't even know if he has an e-mail address (somehow I doubt it) but I can forward your request when I speak with him soon. just send snail mail address or phone number and I'll forward the info to him. Minh Ngoc Nguyen [log in to unmask] _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Coin Dies From: [log in to unmask] at x400post Date: 11/29/95 12:17 PM 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