STUNNING pictures and video have revealed miniature works of art that have been hand engraved into coins. The incredible footage shows the painstaking process the hand engraver goes through to create a cool design on an 1896 Queen Victoria penny. Other amazing engravings include a portrait of the musician Prince on a US quarter, Abraham Lincoln sitting on a toilet on a US penny and Roman centurion carved onto a 1,000-year-old Constantine Roman coin. The labour of love engravings were carried out by hand engraver Shaun Hughes (53) from Essex who began recording his work to inspire others who wa
STUNNING pictures and video have revealed miniature works of art that have been hand engraved into coins. The incredible footage shows the painstaking process the hand engraver goes through to create a cool design on an 1896 Queen Victoria penny. Other amazing engravings include a portrait of the musician Prince on a US quarter, Abraham Lincoln sitting on a toilet on a US penny and Roman centurion carved onto a 1,000-year-old Constantine Roman coin. The labour of love engravings were carried out by hand engraver Shaun Hughes (53) from Essex who began recording his work to inspire others who want to take up the trade.
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Keywords: art, coins, cool, engraved, engravings, hand, mini, painstaking, revolution
