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To become a Journeyman, | To become a Journeyman, an apprentice must do three things: | ||
# Make 100 acceptable blanks using "the old method" - by hand with a hammer. | # Make 100 acceptable blanks using "the old method" - by hand with a hammer. | ||
# Make their "mon" die - a personal die in the style of English long cross penny dies made in the great recoinage of 1248-1272 | # Make their "mon" die - a personal die in the style of English long cross penny dies made in the great recoinage of 1248-1272 to the guild standard of quality. | ||
# Swear the Journeyman's oath. | # Swear the Journeyman's oath. | ||
Revision as of 21:32, 24 October 2007
Introduction
The Moneyers' Guild exists to teach the craft of minting period style coins, medals and tokens using pre-industrial technologies.
Minister of the Guild: Ian Cnulle
The Moneyers' Guild of An Tir exists to teach the craft of minting period style coins, medals and tokens using pre-industrial technologies. Additional goals are to disseminate knowledge about period money in general and to promote the use of period style tokens for a wide variety of functions. The Guild employs a formal structure of apprentices, journeymen, and mastercraftsmen. The Guild can provide educational and material resources to anyone practicing the craft within the Kingdom, and to people elsewhere in the Knowne Worlde through the Guild's affiliation with the InterKingdom Moneyers' Guild.
Individuals and branches desiring to have tokens or medals minted can contact individual members ofthe Guild for that purpose through the Guild
Guild Structure
The Moneyers' Guild has three levels:
- Apprentice - Can help with projects lead by Journeymen or Fellows.
- Journeyman - Can cut dies, create blanks, and strike coins without supervision.
- Fellow. - Can teach the craft without supervision.
To become a Journeyman, an apprentice must do three things:
- Make 100 acceptable blanks using "the old method" - by hand with a hammer.
- Make their "mon" die - a personal die in the style of English long cross penny dies made in the great recoinage of 1248-1272 to the guild standard of quality.
- Swear the Journeyman's oath.
Journeymen are made Fellows of the guild at the discretion of the existing Fellows.