Aurora's Carnival Entertainment Agency supplies performers for all events. Grunal Moneta, producer of medieval coins.

 

Grunal Moneta offers an entertaining and informative look at money through the ages. Using original techniques, he produces authentic-style coins from Celtic to Tudor times. He provides dies for the period of the event and strikes coins from them in pewter blanks which are hand cut in the original fashion. The coins are authentic in design, both on the obverse (heads) and reverse (tails)

A reverse of a hammered coin.

A coin from the time of King Aethelred.

A coin from thr reign of Alex 2 of Scotland.

A groat from the reign of King Henry.

 

The coins made are not cheap castings - nor any kind of casting! These coins are made in the original way, struck by hand from dies created in the medieval manner. Grunal Moneta produces coins from all time periods during which they were made by hammering (so-called ‘hammered’ coins). The major historical periods covered are from Celtic times to the end of the Tudor period. During the English Civil War, besieged towns struck ‘siege pieces’ in the manner of hammered coins, and these are made as well. Designs are carefully made in the same way the medieval moneyers worked. Because they are all individually hand-struck, the coins have the same weight and handle in the same way as early coins. If you have seen cast replicas, you will be surprised at the difference!

 

A coin depicting Leez Priory.Some of the tools used in hammering coins.An English Civil War seige piece.

 

In addition to this, commemorative coins can be produce to mark any event such as:
Individuals (for weddings as an example)
Re-enactment groups
Companies
Churches
etc.
These coins can be produced in precious metal, pewter or copper and can be customised on one side, with a stock reverse of your choice, or both sides to your own design. 

 

Hard at work hammering coins.

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To book Grunal Moneta,
or for further information, contact:

Chris Ehrenzeller, Aurora's Carnival, 48, Fulwood Crescent, Aspley, Nottingham, 
NG8 5QU

Telephone: 0845 644 3245 (local rate)
0115 9291 776

Mobile: 07710 788 671

e mail: chrisehrenzeller@hotmail.com