They worked such jobs as coiners, melters, pressers, cutters, and rollers. Robert Saker was a thief-taker of coiners and clippers in particular. The book tells the story of the 18th Century Cragg Vale Coiners. Rockingham was recruited to hunt down the Cragg Vale Coiners. He himself gathered much of the evidence he needed to successfully prosecute 28 coiners. The earlier building was home to the Cragg Coiners in 1769. He provided several accounts in his later years, one of arresting two "coiners". He had thirty Coiners arrested by Christmas Day. Business and industry also are prolific coiners of acronyms. He had thirty Coiners arrested by Christmas Day 1769. King of the Coiners is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. Besides denouncing him as a protector of coiners, prostitutes, etc. European coiners were brought to York to establish the facility. The Coiners then had their accomplices place the fakes into circulation. The Cragg Coiners were the subject of a children's novel "Gold Pieces" by Phyllis Bentley.