Here you will find the latest updates to sohomint.info Just click on the link to go immediately to your chosen page. http://www.sohomint.info/rss_1.xml mb@sohomint.info Potted biographies of the Lunaticks have now begun to appear in our section 'The Lunar Society.' http://sohomint.info/lunarsoc.html 27 Nov 2009 17:37:08 GMT The Token Timeline is a handy potted history, complete with illustrations, of all the tokens produced by the Soho mint for British customers. http://sohomint.info/tokentimeline.html 27 Nov 2009 17:39:55 GMT Coins salvaged from the wreck of the Admiral Gardner are some of the most frequently encountered Soho pieces, but just how did they end up in the Goodwin Sands? This page recounts the story. http://sohomint.info/gardner.html 27 Nov 2009 17:44:15 GMT Illustrations of the inside of Soho Mint are sadly lacking, but engravings exist of the Soho Mint in action, once it had been sold to Ralph Heaton. Take a peek inside Soho Mint, v2! http://sohomint.info/mintequip.html 27 Nov 2009 17:49:08 GMT Four days of rioting in July 1791 left much devastation in Birmingham, but none of this was caused by Soho employees. Boulton gave a celebration dinner for 700 to say 'thank you' http://sohomint.info/dinner.html 27 Nov 2009 17:52:00 GMT During 2009, sohomint.info received 23,200 unique visits, which shows the level of interest in matters Boultonian. The peak month, with 3,192 visitors, was the Bicentennial in August, while December was not far behind with 3,029 02 Jan 2010 21:52:46 GMT Matthew Boulton and Thomas Jefferson were acquainted; they had met in Paris when Boulton was trying to recruit Droz. Yet it was Jefferson who opposed the supply of coinage for the United States from Soho. Go to our FEATURED PAGE to read the full story http://sohomint.info/cents.html 27 Feb 2010 16:35:03 GMT