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The Mini-Mint At The Money Museum In CO

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Pretty cool to see how a screw press works. He actually shows how to create a blank, planchet, and then a coin.
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And at that museum, they have free tours in Colorado Springs, CO on the 3rd Saturday of each month. The machine is demonstrated from noon to 4 PM on that day.

And here is a different screw press from a 2009 demonstration:
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Pretty cool, Thanks for posting this
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I got to make a bunch of errors with the Ron Landis' Gallery mint museum travelling exhibit at an ANA seminar - I wonder if some of these presses are from them? Very cool video thanks for sharing!
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What kind of error coins did you make? Did you get to keep them?
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