What Other Countries Does The US Mint Produce Coined Money For?

that quarter you reference was a back door job, done by one person. however the US mint did produce dimes for Canada in 1969.

Happy, I have the information you asked for but sorry to say I'm not going to give it to you. Why? Because there have already been two other people (I am assuming they were differnt people and nit just one with an alt) That have been on the forums claiming to have discovered US coins struck either over other world coins or using re-engraved dies used for other coins and showing low grade damaged coins that they insisted were "proof" of his claims. Once they even insisted the Lincoln Cent they showed was struck using a re-engraved die for a St Patrick farthing token. (Right what would the mint be doing in the 20th century re-engraving a die used in Europe in the 1680's to make Lincoln cents? I can't see them being that hard up for die steel.)

Anyway I am not going to do through that again.

Sorry, but whatever you're seeing, it almost certainly is not what you think you're seeing. For several reasons.

- Few countries make clad coinage - it's kind of an American thing which few other countries have imitated. If you believe the coin is a foreign clad coin that has been overstruck using US dies, then it's highly unlikely. I think Panama is the only country to use American-sized coins made using American-style cladding.

- Having an overstruck coin's original nature reappear when it becomes worn, goes against the laws of physics. The act of overstriking obliterates most of the evidence that overstriking has taken place; further wear and damage to the coin will merely obliterate the evidence even further. To maximize your chances of finding an overstruck coin, you want to examine high-grade coins not worn ones. You need very specific chemical conditions or physical circumstances - such as, say, what happens when acid reveals the date on worn Buffalo nickels - for wear/damage to reveal details, rather than lose them.



I have no idea how accurate it is, but this website lists 1999 5 cent and 2000 $1 blanks being made in Canada.

Many mints are now outsourcing their planchet preparation. The Royal Australian Mint used to have its own blank-punching facility; they closed it down years ago and all coin blanks are now outsourced from South Korea.

I am curious to see what the OP was seeing... Maybe they can post a picture?

What gets my interest most of all is that I have NEVER seen a clad coin worn down to the copper. The clad layer is very thick--it would have to be worn down beyond the point of being a slug before you you could see copper.

At any rate, there are some oddball errors which can mostly be attributed to either an inside job, or an immense level of incompetence--the coin struck on a nail comes to mind. The only instance of an official US coin overstruck on a foreign one (AFAIK) is the 1804 dollar that was struck on a Swiss shooting thaler.

It appears that Olin Brass of East Alton, Illinois created and provides the mint with the manganese brass and copper clad strips for the golden dollars...

http://www.oobject.com/wp-content/u...age0206a.htm

Same link also says only the cent comes ready to strike.