Sequin (coin) who was prominently depicted on it, it was called the ', after the Zecca (mint) of Venice, since 1543 when Venice began minting a silver coin also called a ducat. The name of the mint ultimately derives from ("), meaning a coin mould or die. In some regions, in later centuries, this type of coins were stitched to women's clothing such as headdresses – this eventually led to the origin of the more modern word "sequins" to denote small shiny, circular decorations. Following the Venetian model, similar coins were used for centuries throughout the Mediterranean. After two hundred years of
Coining (mint) eight inches. Next, a Janvier reducing lathe takes several days to reduce the image onto a steel master hub. The master hub is then heat treated to make it hard. The master hub is then used to make only a few "master dies" via hubbing, which involves pressing the master hub into a steel blank to impress the image into the die. The master die is then used to form as many "working hubs" as needed through the same process, and then the working hubs are put through the same process to form the "working dies". These working dies are