Yorkshire Numismatic Society presents "Assaying in the Tudor
Mint"
Saturday 23rd March, 11:30am, Harrogate - Megan Gooch: Testing your Metal: Assaying in the Tudor Mint The Tudor
Mint was a dangerous place to
work, especially if you were involved in assaying, where precious metals were melted and tested for purity. Assayers risked arsenic poisoning, blindness and mysterious sleeping sicknesses in the service of monarchs who were determined to vary the precious metal content of their coins for their own ends. In the light of recent excavations in the Tower of
London, the lives and
work of these
men can be illuminated, and this talk will focus on how and where their activities took place in the Tudor
mint.
Taking place at the Harrogate
Spring Coin
Fair on 22nd and 23rd in March at the Old
Swan Hotel in the centre of Harrogate. This is an excellent venue to buy coins and explore the lovely Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate.
Further information is on the YNS website here -
http://yorkshirenumismatic.blogspot.co.uk