stamp-masters

Updated: July 21, 2026

Hence the origin of coined money, and of those public offices called mints; institutions exactly of the same nature with those of the aulnagers and stamp-masters of woollen and linen cloth. All of them are equally meant to ascertain, by means of a public stamp, the quantity and uniform goodness of those different commodities when brought to market.

Adam Smith - An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations