As a bonus, I found this cutie in the museum. At first sight, it looks like a screw press and that may be what it is, but I suspect it was actually used for cutting flans out of metal sheets with greater precision than the machine that would have been in the main machine hall. If so, it would have been used only for presentation pieces, medals and other luxury items, rather than for circulation coins.
I also suspect the machine was originally mounted on a large, thick wooden table, giving more stability than the lower part, which looked more modern than the machine.
Peter