This model is called Austerlitz because the first machines of this kind were made in 1807 by melting the cannons captured from the Russian army at the
Battle of Austerlitz.
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Coining press. Made of iron, bronze and steel in France in 1831, and installed at the Royal Spanish Mint's headquarters in Madrid in 1832. At the National Archaeological Museum of Spain (Madrid).