factory

工場　—　Making

A place where machines are set up to make many of the same thing.

Sestroretsk Ruble — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

Monneron of 5 sols (Hercules) — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

⚠ When minting becomes industrialized, the differences between individual coins disappear. For coinage, this disappearance of variation became a guarantee of quality.

Related terms

milled standard state mint

Courses where this term appears

B15 The Anatomy of Inflation P4 How Money Works — A Layman's Version

Where this word appears

Overview: 2,700 years of the world　The machine and the revolution　Boulton's Steam Mint
Overview: 2,700 years of the world　Britain　The Pound, Anchor of the World
Overview: 2,700 years of the world　Mexico　The First Mint of the Continent
Overview: 2,700 years of the world　Three thousand years of inflation　Vaccination
United States　The cross of gold　All America, election night
United States　The anchor groans　The Atlantic, the route to a Europe rebuilding
United States　The great inflation and Volcker's winter　The oilfields of the producing countries
Portugal　The gold of Brazil (3)　The palace-monastery of Mafra

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