24-04-2023, 10:24 PM
Thanks, John - that's not something I'll be trying! I met a chap once who owned an antique De la Rue machine that produced the master printing plate from which copies were made to print the notes. It was a most complex and ingenious affair and he'd obtained it from the printers in London when they were throwing it out - to be replaced by an upgraded version. It was in the company's lobby as a display piece and the new MD wanted it out of the way. Incredibly, they let him have all the many hundreds of gears necessary to set the thing up (I recall they were to do with proving the myriad scrolls on the notes) along with detailed operating instructions. One would have thought they'd have destroyed it. And no, it was not set up and working...