I remember John Wexler once stated that during a tour of the mint, they gave him a coin (cent) that was freshly struck. He mentioned that it was not hot at all. I tried to find that comment on his site, but didn't see it. Then I remembered where I had read that. It was on a thread that several had sent out like a group conversation on the subject with 'trail dies' several years back. The thread was trying to determine what they were. BJ Neff was taking the lead on the conversation and several others including Wexler was involved in the conversation. I saved the thread at the time, but somehow lost it. I also copied a few images that John posted about the mint tour.

I can't remember what year that it was though.