The Golden Circuit
14th October, 1904. The lever is heavy. It is always heavy. I press down on the iron bar of the Minting Press, Number Four, and the hammer falls with a sound like a gunshot in a library. The coin slides out. It is gold. It is warm. I place it in the tray. There are four hundred and twelve in the tray. Four hundred and thirteen. The hum is there. It is low, below the frequency of the gears, a...
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