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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0489.004

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 24
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: VARIOUS METALS/ SYNTHETIC CABLES & PARTS/ RUBBER BELTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Industrial equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1950-1994
Canada: MINTING PRESS USED AT ROYAL CANADIAN MINT, WHERE ALL CANADIAN COINS WERE STRUCK FROM 1908 TO 1974. AFTER 1974 NEW WINNIPEG MINT MADE ALL CANADIAN CIRCULATION COINS, WHILE OTTAWA MINT CONTINUED TO PRODUCE COLLECTOR & INVESTMENT COINS ON MACHINES SUCH AS THIS ONE. THIS PRESS COULD STRIKE ALL CANADIAN COINS OF PERIOD: 1, 5, 10, 25, & 50 CENTS, SILVER DOLLAR, & NICKEL OR VOYAGEUR DOLLAR.
Function: Unknown
Technical: THIS MACHINE HAD TONNAGE TO PRODUCE ALL CANADIAN COINS (EXCEPT LOONIE) & WAS CONSIDERED WORKHORSE OF CANADIAN MINT. IT REPRESENTS LAST OF GENERATION OF MECHANICAL PRESSES WITH MANUAL CONTROLS USED BY MINT, BECAUSE FROM 1960'S NEW PRESSES UTILIZED ELECTRONIC CONTROLS, HYDRAULICS, & LATER COMPUTERIZATION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: PAINTED LIGHT GREEN (NOT ORIGINAL), GREY, PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC & RUBBER
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lever, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1994.0489, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1994.0489.004/

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