Great Article Of San Fran. Mint - Blank Preparation - Pics

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Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 08:32 am Cool article - click on pics for larger versions (first one is worthless, but the rest are good). http://www.coinnews.net/2013/04/03/...coin-blanks/ How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff

capsnhawks Valued Member United States 134 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 09:31 am Very nice mini-tour of the mint! Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 10:09 am Quote: Blanks are heated to soften them up and enhance their internal structure. Without this annealing step, they would otherwise be too brittle and crumble in the press room. Crumble? A copper, coppernickel, or silver blank would crumble? They might not take a satisfactory impression from the dies, but they are not going to "crumble". Report this Post to the Staff
argentum Pillar of the Community United States 1195 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 11:09 am Reminds me: Three friends of mine are in another major. The teacher for one of their classes pulled some strings to get his whole class a tour of the SF mint. Because I'm not in the class, they could not bring me along. I'm rather jealous of those three. At least this link is a partial substitute. Report this Post to the Staff
BamaBlue Pillar of the Community United States 624 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 12:14 pm When you visit a brewery, they give samples at the end of the tour. If you go on the Mint tour.... hmmmm? Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 04/04/2013 8:12 pm Quote: When you visit a brewery, they give samples at the end of the tour. If you go on the Mint tour.... hmmmm? Sorry, the Mint doesn't brew beer. Report this Post to the Staff
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