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juzzyb Valued Member Australia 215 Posts	Posted 06/23/2012 9:54 pm I was thinking the same thing about the rim on the end. Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 06/23/2012 10:04 pm Blanks are of no interest to me, as I consider them to be metal disks, nothing more, but each person has their own niche and if they appeal to you, all well and good. They're not costing you anything to keep. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
aardvark New Member Australia 8 Posts	Posted 06/23/2012 10:29 pm A friend of mine gave them to me he got them from a friends scrap yard in canberra where the old minting machines were taken to be scraped and he got them out of the machines thats how I know they are genuine Report this Post to the Staff
Australian coin Pillar of the Community Australia 1244 Posts	Posted 06/23/2012 10:44 pm Ha love it "a friend of a friend" By law the mint is not allowed to sell minting machines! Most of the time they are sent to places like museums or they are destroyed. Because people would make counterfeit coins. Report this Post to the Staff
aardvark New Member Australia 8 Posts	Posted 06/23/2012 11:46 pm Hence it was being scrapped Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 06/24/2012 12:00 am Quote: Hence it was being scrapped I'm pretty sure that the strict security measures in place at the mint would require that any part of the press would be thoroughly cleaned and all coins/blanks would be removed then the parts would be destroyed by cutting up etc rendering the machinery useless before it left the mint premises. The odds of there being that many blanks left with the scrap when it left the mint are pretty steep. Regardless of what happened to the alleged press those "blanks" that your friend that got them of his friend and gave them to you that you have posted a pic of are not what you think they are. Look at my previous post and read why I consider that these are not genuine blanks. Edited by trout1105 06/24/2012 12:01 am Report this Post to the Staff
appleangel07 Pillar of the Community Australia 1607 Posts	Posted 06/24/2012 12:02 am trout said Quote: Blank planchets are totally flat and round before they are put in the press which creates the design and the rim with reeding at the same time. Trout just for accuracy not all blanks are just flat discs. I just copied this from the RAM site Blanks for most circulating coins have their edge rimmed. This is a process where the edge of the blank has been raised by rolling the blank through a specially shaped groove. The raised metal assists in the coining operation by partially forming the rim so that the dies do not have to displace as much metal. Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 06/24/2012 12:28 am Quote: Trout just for accuracy not all blanks are just flat discs. I just copied this from the RAM site Blanks for most circulating coins have their edge rimmed. This is a process where the edge of the blank has been raised by rolling the blank through a specially shaped groove. The raised metal assists in the coining operation by partially forming the rim so that the dies do not have to displace as much metal. I stand corrected. Thanks for that AA Report this Post to the Staff
the-purple-penny Pillar of the Community Australia 515 Posts	Posted 06/24/2012 07:22 am You either have a blank or a rimmed blank. Report this Post to the Staff
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