GR translation: and faces of great administrators engraved and run off to signify

[Michael Bailey]

On Jun 21, 2013 1:31 AM, "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I think there's an idiom something like "a 'run' of coins" coming from
the mint
>
> They are "run off"

The sense being that the production line is running

>
> PS before laser pointers there were like telescoping metal pointers
similar to the one mentioned in the passage...I had one, goodness knows
why, just thought they were cool and sent away for it...
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