money ratchet

08:07 Sep 13, 2018
English to Polish translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / money
English term or phrase: money ratchet
Hi.
The term comes from the book I am currently working on,
here's the context:
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[contemptuously about less known Isaac Newton's accomplishments]

Watching over the minting of a nation’s coin, catching a few counterfeiters, increasing an already respectably sized personal fortune, being a political figure, even dictating to one’s fellow scientists [as president of the Royal Society]; it should all seem a crass and empty ambition once you have written a Principia.

But build a better money ratchet and the world will beat a path to your door.
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I got the feeling it's supposed to be a joke of some kind, but at the same time, I saw this term as a valid financial term indeed.
Any ideas?
Many thanks in advance.
Protton
Poland
Local time: 09:30


Summary of answers provided
3sorter monet/bilonu
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.


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sorter monet/bilonu


Explanation:
Machine for sorting coins based upon a rotating disc with niches for different size coins.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2018-09-13 14:23:31 GMT)
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Here is a mechanical coin sorter. Yout need to turn a crank on the side and out pop the coins. See at 1:30. You can hear a racheting noise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDUBF6syqo
A great thing for a tax collector.

For the last 30 years of his life Newton tasked himself with scouring England for counterfeiters and posing undercover as a tax collector, trailing and collect
https://www.quora.com/Who-would-you-rather-meet-Albert-Einst...

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Note added at 6 hrs (2018-09-13 14:26:31 GMT)
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This mechanical gizmo also makes a ratcheting noise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBnhtm2X6ow

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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