General Information

Serial #

181

Part Number

1

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.

Length

3.0 m

Width

2.5 m

Height

3.5 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Industrial equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Taylor Challen

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Birmingham

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

MACHINE USED TO PRODUCE COINS BY STRIKING METAL BLANKS WITH ENGRAVED DIES. THIS ONE WAS USED TO PRODUCE VARIETY OF CIRCULATION & COLLECTORS' COINS.

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

.1 CAST LETTERING ON FRONT READING "TAYLOR & CHALLEN Ld MAKERS BIRMINGHAM/ 640 No 181"; PLATE READING "TAYLOR & CHALLEN/ LIMITED/ DERWENT WORKS,/ BIRMINGHAM, ENG./ PRESS 640/ ORDER NO. P3477/ STROKE 1 9/16/ ADJ. TO SLIDE 3/16/....OF WHEEL 120 RPM"; BLACK STENCILED "OMP-53-4"/.2 PLATE ON MOTOR READS "SPEAKER ELECTRIC LTD./ OTTAWA ONT./ MAKE ENGLISH E H.P. 10/ PH. 3 CYC. 60 AMPS. 14 V. 550/ R.P.M. 900 FR. 326 SER. 199667"/.6 LOGO PLATE READING "CANADIAN CONTROLLER LIMITED/ TORONTO CANADA"; BILINGUAL PLATE READING "TAB WELD/ PLATE RESISTOR 600 VAC/CA/ TYPE UW-13D-3/ OHMS 11.90PP AMP. 13/ 50.K.772536-1A" ETC.

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

PAINTED LIGHT GREEN (NOT ORIGINAL), GREY, PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC & RUBBER

Decoration

N/A