150px, Aubin Olivier, depicted by Lﾃｩonard Gaultier
Aubin Olivier () was a French engineer who introduced use of the
screw press coin minting technique to France.
[Thomas J. Sargent and Franﾃｧois R. Velde, ''The Big Problem of Small Change'' (Princeton University Press, 2002)] To reform French coinage,
Henri II sent Olivier to investigate press technology being used by an
Augsburg
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goldsmith
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. Olivier subsequently established the Royal Mill Mint () on the
ﾃ四e de la Citﾃｩ
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in Paris.
See also
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History of mints
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Jean Varin
References
French engineers
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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