Geometric lathe

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Banknote motif created with a geometric lathe

A geometric lathe was used for making ornamental patterns on the plates used in printing

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Further reading

  • Peter Bower, 'Economic warfare: Banknote Forgery as a deliberate weapon', and Maureen Greenland, 'Compound plate printing and nineteenth-century bank notes, in Virginia Hewitt, ed. The Banker's Art: Studies in paper money, pp 46–63, and pp 84–87, The British Museum Press, 1995, ()

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