Video Of The Minting Process In 1920

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canuck1us Pillar of the Community United States 1002 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 3:58 pm Interesting old silent film. Make you wonder if any of the 1920 quarters shown being minted now reside in any of our collections. NUuIjSrAZhM Report this Post to the Staff

kuh_85 Pillar of the Community Canada 2366 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 4:19 pm Very cool. Thanks for posting it! Report this Post to the Staff
parkay Valued Member Canada 287 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 5:52 pm And you wonder why there are bag marks Report this Post to the Staff
moejaber Valued Member Canada 147 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 5:55 pm love it! thanks for sharing! Report this Post to the Staff
tzarmarko Pillar of the Community 614 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 6:00 pm This is great! Reminds me of the time I visited the mint in Ottawa! Report this Post to the Staff
tokenmast Pillar of the Community United States 648 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 6:51 pm Thank You ringing of silver wow nice test! Report this Post to the Staff
fillurboots Valued Member Canada 155 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 7:22 pm Awesome video very cool the guys flying doing the ringing test lol. Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 9:33 pm Quote: And you wonder why there are bag marks I was thinking that myself. Seems like every step of the process is designed to inflict bagmarks. Also, it mentions gold a few times but was any gold struck at the Ottawa mint in 1920? Report this Post to the Staff
canuck1us Pillar of the Community United States 1002 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 9:48 pm No they wouldn't be minting any gold coins in 1920. Also at one point it shows some silver bars waiting to be minted into dollars and half-dollars. There weren't any silver dollars minted in 1920 either and the reference to "half-dollars" is an American reference as we Canadians refer to them as fifty-cent pieces. I see at the end it was an American film so its American audience at the time probably wouldn't have known any better. Report this Post to the Staff
doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 10:02 pm Great video and thanks canuck1us! I remember viewing it a few years ago but it's always interesting to watch it again. Now for a comment that might get some bad reaction..... I am so tired of hearing 'we don't call it a half dollar, we call it a 50 cent piece in Canada'. I really think it's time to put this 'fight' to bed. We (in Canada) call it a dollar don't we (as opposed to a '100 cent piece'). So what's the big deal calling it a dime...quarter or half-dollar. Report this Post to the Staff
denco7 Pillar of the Community United States 2543 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 10:06 pm Going by some of the proof Eagles I have gotten from the U.S. Mint, they still do the " ringing " test Report this Post to the Staff
dialog_gvf Pillar of the Community Canada 1581 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 10:24 pm Very cool. Thanks for sharing. It is a wonder there were ever any MS-65 back then. Report this Post to the Staff
pimpim Valued Member Canada 111 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 10:25 pm Wow awesome video. Thanks Canuck. Report this Post to the Staff
oasis Valued Member Australia 138 Posts	Posted 03/09/2013 03:26 am Very cool video, thanks for sharing. Amazing that any gems survived that process. Report this Post to the Staff
glenzy1 Pillar of the Community Canada 1554 Posts	Posted 03/09/2013 2:58 pm WOW, Thanks Canuck for posting this lovely short film. Ironically I recently purchased an I.C.C.S., 1920 quarter, MS-65. Looking at how coins (business strikes) are handled it leads me to believe the quarter I have must have been cherry picked by a Mint employee at the time of press. There's no way coins would go through that battering/transport and come out MS-65 material! Glenn Report this Post to the Staff
marbury518 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 552 Posts	Posted 03/09/2013 3:27 pm Enjoyed it thanks. I look at my MS64's from the 1890's and think how did they survive.... Report this Post to the Staff
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