SIMON'S DIES, AND COINAGE BY MACHINERY. 71

Another specimen of this piece occurs in the British
Museum, and is illustrated [PL V. 6, 7], as well as its
inscription, which is in relief on the edge. The collar
used in the production of this piece consisted of three
segments. The three places of junction "between the
segments are indicated by the upright lines in the
inscription as shown above, and two of these sutures
can be seen on the plate, the third occurring at the end
of the third word.

It will be observed that in the inscription [PL V. 7]
on the British Museum piece the first two letters of the
word ASSERTORI are absent, though they are plainly
indicated on the Mint specimen. This hiatus is pro-
bably due to the fact that these two letters, which
would be incuse in the collar, were accidentally filled up
by pieces of metal or some other substance, and con-
sequently a smooth blank space such as is shown would
occur on the edge after striking.

In PL Y. (No 8) a piedfort of Henry IV, dated 1607, is
shown. This also has an inscription in relief on the edge :
PERENNITATI PRI | NC1PIS GALL | i/E REST1TVTORIS | .

Opportunity may be taken here to correct the impres-
sion arising, it would seem, from a statement by Eochon,20
that Antoine Brucher was the inventor of the laminoir.
It is certain that the art of rolling metals for manu-
facturing purposes must have been practised prior to its
adoption for medal and coin work, and it has already
been mentioned that the laminoir was introduced into
Paris from. Germany in 1552. Brucher, or Brulier, did

20 l&sai sur Us Monnoies, Paris, 1792, p. 62. The same attribution is
erroneously made by M. E. Dumas, in Ms Notes sur VEmission en France
des Monnaies de*cimale$ de bronze, Paris, 1S6S, p. 29.