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Trial of the Pyx
- DanBC 7y agoSee also these articles: https://londonist.com/2009/02/inside_the_trial_of_the_pyx https://londonist.com/2009/02/inside_the_trial_of_the_pyx > "Now, don't drop any coins," says genial goldsmith Warren Benbow. "It's remarkably difficult to find them on this carpet." https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/feb/03/britains-coins-go-on-trial-at-ancient-ceremony-trial-pyx https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/feb/03/britains-coins... And this article about the Queen's Remembrancer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Remembrancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Remembrancer
- eesmith 7y agoOr for a fictional account, Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel... .