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wilh rever¡1 ferelVs; lhe olher Oides by

m·~os

0f a

rl.oled IVhcel, whieh takes ioto lhe lcelh lh.n are 00

lhe furfaet of lhe Iamioa. This Oldiog I.lmioa m,krs

lhe plaoehel turn io fueh a maooer, tlUt il remaios

Oamped 00 lhe edge, IVheo il has made ooe lurn. Oo·

Iy erowo aod half·eroll'o picees eao hear lhe impl Lf–

lion of Imers on rhe lhieko,fs of rhei r eJges.

T he eoining engine or mili is fo h. ndy (fig.

2.)

Ihal a lingle

min

mal' lIamp rlVenll' lhoufao" plaoehers

io ooe day: gold, fill'er, and eopper plaoehm, are

211

of lhem eoined Wilh a mili,

IVhleh rhe eoining

fqums, (fiA'

3.),

eommonly

CAJ\~d dy~s,

are fallen–

td;

rhal of rhe faee uorler, io a fqllare hox

garnilh~d

wilh male aod

f~male

ferews, 10 fix aoJ keep il flead)';

aod the olher ahove, in a liltl< hox garmlhed Wilh Ihe

fame fmws, 10 falleo lhe eoiniog fquare. The plan–

ch~t

is laid Rat on rhe fq lJare of

rh~

efligy. whieh is

dormani; aod they immeJialely poli the har of rhe

mili by ils eords, whieh eaufe, Ihe ferew fel wilhio it

to luro . This enters i010 the female ferew, whieh is

io the body of lhe mili, aoJ luros wilh fo mueh

nreoglh. that hy pulhiog Ihe upper fquare upon tllat

of Ihe efligy, the plaoehet, violeotly pre!fed hetween

hoth fqua res, reeeives the imprcllioo of hoth al one

pul!. aod in lhe twillkliog of ao eye.

The planehet lhus flampt aod eoioed, goes through

fioa l examioation of the miot IVardeos, from whofe

b¡nds it goes ioto the world.

In th,

COINING

_/"uda/I,

the proeefs is the fame, io

e!fea, with that of money; the principal differeoee

eonfil!ing in this, lhat mooey haviog but a fmall re·

lievo, reeeives its imprellioo at a fingle flroke of the

eogine; whereas for medals. the height of lheir re–

lievo makes it oeee!fary that lhe flroke he repeated fe–

veral times: to this end the pieee is taken OUI flom

between the dyes . heated, and returoed agaio ; whieh

proeefs in' medallions and large medals. is repealed

fi fteeo or twenty times hefore the full imprellioo

be giveo, care mun he takeo, el'ery time the plan–

chet is removed, lO take off the fuperfl uous metal

fl retehed heyood the cireumferenee wirh a file. t-le–

dallioos, aod medals of a high relievo, are ufually firn

can io fand, by reafon of rhe dillicuhy of nampiog

Ihem in Ihe prefs, where they are put onlv to perfea

tl,em; in regard the fand does oor leave themclear,

fmooth, and accura e eoough. Thcrefore IVe mal' fee

that medals reeeive their form aod imprellion by de–

grees, whereas mooey receives themall al once.

Brilijh

CO INAGE , both by the beauryor rheeograving,

and by rhe invention of lhe imprellions on the edges,

that admirable expedienr for preveOliog lhe aheratlon

of the f?eeies , is carried tOthe utmof! perfeélioo.

was only in the reign of kiog William

lll.

thel

¡(le hammer·mooey cea(ed to be curreOl io Eogland,

",here till lhen it was nruck in thal maoner, aq in o–

¡her oalions. Before the hammer (pecitS IV'S called

in, the Englilh money IVas in a IVrelched cooclilion,

havíog bLell fi led and eltrl,cd hy

nativt~

as IVell as

(o–

reigntrs, infumuch thal it was fcaree Ie (r of half Ihe

n lue: rhe retrieving lhis

dinrdr~d

n.lle of rhe Eng-

\ ' OL .

11. No. 39.

ItOI mnney is looked IIp1n as ooe of :I.e glories of

~~Ilg

tlli.lm·

s reico.

The HririOI

c"ioa~e

is oow \\ holly p:rfonned in the

TOIVer of Looooo, whcrc

th~re

COI

por,.tion for il,

under ¡he ritle of lhe minr. Formetly there wel c

here, as there are ntll io other eouOlrie!. rhe ríghts of

f<loorage aod bra([lge: bUl fincc the eightceolh year of

kíog Charles the Secood, there is oothing t.ken either

for the king. or for rhe expeoces of coiniog; fo Ihat

weighr is returned for weight,

any

p~rloo

who e3r–

ries Iheir gold aod filver ro rhe TOIVer.

The fpecies eoined io Great 8m3in are efleem:rl

cootraband ¡¡oods, aod not to be exponed. AII fo–

reign fpecies are

allow~d

10 be feot our of lhe realm,

as well as gold and filver in bars, ingOls. dull,

&c.

Barbaq

COINAGE, particu1arly rhat 01 Fez and TUllis.

is under 00 proper regul, rions, as evcry goldfmi th.

Jew, or el'en private perfoo. undertakcs il al pleafure ;

whíeh praélice reoders their money eXClcdiog bad, and

their commeree \'ery uo(afe.

Mufeovil'

COINAGE . In Mu(covy there is no other

coio I!ruck but filver, aod thal ooly io the eilies of

Mu(cow" Novogrod, T IVere, and PleOeolV, to whieh

may be added Peter(bllrgh . The coioage of eaeh of

thefe cities is let 0\11 ro farm, aod m2kes part of rhe

royal reveoue.

P,,/i.n

COINAGE.

AII the mone)' made in Perfia is

aruck with a hamOler, as is that of rhe refl of Afia:

aod rhe fame may be uoderflood of Americ., aod rhe

coaOs of Africa, ar.d even Mufcovy: the !.ing's d\l(\.

in Perfia, is feven 20d a half

fU c(I1l .

for alllhe nl,l–

nies coioed. IVhich are lately redlleed tO filver aod eop–

per, rhere bcing no gold coin rhere, exeepl a kind of

medals, at Ihe acecllion of a ncw fopili.

Spanijb

COINAGE is eneemed one of the leaO perfea in

Europe.

is fettled ar Seville aod SegoviJ, rhe only

ciries where gold aod fil ver are nruck.

COI RE, or CHUR, the

e~J>ital

of the eOllnt ry of the

Gri(ons, in Swirzerland, (irualed on rhe river Rhioe.

fifry.three miles fouth of Cooflance:

long.

9°

25',

N lat.

46°

40'.

COITION. See GEN ER .ITION.

COIX, or Jo c's

TEAO S,

io borany, a geous of the

monoecia "iandria cla(s. The calix of lhe male is a

double-Oowered glllme, withom aoy aIVn; the corolla

is likeIVife a glume IVitholl r ao aIVn : the calix of Ihe

female is an opeo, oval, one·flowered glume ; tite I!y–

IlIs is blfid; and lhe feed is cartilaginous. There is

but one (pecies,

viz.

the latifolia, a native of Ja–

maica.

COKENHAUSEN, a fortre(s of Livonia, fit uated on

rhe river Dwina, aboul lhirty·two miles

can

of Riga:

E. long.

25°,

N. lar.

57°'

COLATURE. See FII.TRATION.

COLCHESTER,

large borollgh.town of E!fe:<, fitu–

~ted

00 the rirer Colo, IIvenl y miles n"'lh·ral! (,f

Chdm\ford, on the road ro Harwidl : E. long. t

0 ,

I. t.

51Q 55'.

It fends r\Vo OIcmbers to porlia–

rH'!'\t .

C()I.CIlIC'UM, or MEADOW SAFrKON,

borany.

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