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Offline leetoone

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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

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Re: Yorkshire Numismatic Society presents "Assaying in the Tudor Mint"
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2013, 05:26:47 pm »
Are there active metal detecting clubs participating? I'd like to know more about how they go about finding coins and artifacts, and how their clubs operate. I'm thinking about taking a vacation there in a few years and would like to be able to hook up with some folks and have a go at it.

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Re: Yorkshire Numismatic Society presents "Assaying in the Tudor Mint"
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2013, 09:51:54 am »
Usually a few detectorists turn up. You should look at http://www.ukdetectornet.co.uk

They will know of detector clubs who run introductory events across the UK which should meet your requirements.

Cheers

Lee

 

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