Summary
Copy negative of a medal and coin press in use at Stokes & Son, Melbourne, circa 1907.
The press had originally been brought to Australia in 1853 by Reginald Scaife for the Kangaroo Office venture, and had been used to mint the 1854 Melbourne Exhibition medals. Thomas Stokes purchased the press from Scaife in 1857. The press was scrapped in the 1930s.
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Copy photograph of coin press used to make numismatics.
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Reginald Scaife - Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1853
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Stokes (Mint), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1857-1873
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Stokes & Martin, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1873-1893
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Stokes & Sons, Caledonian Lane, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893-1935
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Negative
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