Die cutting art

The art of stamp cutting is the art of depicting figures, coats of arms and letters in metal stamps, depending on the requirements of the imprint, recessed ( die ) or raised ( patrix ).

Today, this work is done by engravers. The production usually takes place with mechanical machines using a model, which is then "copied", that is, scanned. The state coins mostly employed engravers to create their tools for making coins. In earlier times the engravings were "dug" into the metal using a graver and chisel. Numbers and often repeated small characters ( asterisks , crosses, etc.) are stamped with punches .

To stamp cutters therefore includes the Petschierer and the signature Schneider , but the actual application is the punchcutting particularly for coins and medals instead.

literature

• Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe: Technological Lexicon or: exact description of all mechanical arts . Cotta'sche 1820, p. 140