NUMISMAG interviewed one of the rare French engravers who falls under the tradition of the engravers such as CHAPLAIN, DROPSY, ROTY, etc. He is named Nicolas SALAGNAC. Former student of the BOULLE school (1985-1990), Nicolas SALAGNAC is engraver, best french worker in 2000 and  since 2003 setled down as a free lance engraver in Lyon, town of the first french medal struck for Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne travel, about 500 years ago. He initially was workshop manager at the french private mint FIA. He works now for institutional customers and big accounts...