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Coins for coining guns

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Crabfat:
I was on HMS Victory a couple of weeks ago. On display is a facsimile ordnance inventory and one of the items is "Coins for Coining Guns - New Pattern - Hundred & Sixteen". I can find no reference to what "coining guns" means apart from in an obscure maritime reference book that mentions "coining guns in bad weather". Anyone got any ideas?

PhiloNauticus:

Coins were wooden wedges, used for elevating cannon. 'Coining' simply means elevating

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