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Rare Minting Video With Steam Presses From 1907

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Here is an historic rare Silent film on minting coins from bullion to bagged coins, including the first and only original footage of actual steam presses working.

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That is way cool. Well worth the few minutes watching!
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Fascinating video - thank you for sharing it!
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I'm with everyone else that this is an awesome video. Was cringing though while seeing the guy with the hand in glove spreading out the planchets as they were fed into the machine. Looked like a guy who was eventually going to injure his hand without doubt.
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Just great, thanks!
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Trying to figure out what they were minting. These coins appear to be quarter-size, but on full screen they do not appear to be Barbers.
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This film is actually from 1920, and shows the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa: https://archive.org/details/royalcanadamint1920

The coins in the final scene are Canadian large cents: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces437.html
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I felt like I was back in time watching a three stooges clip or twilight zone episode. Awesome! thanks for sharing!
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Tanman2001, thank you for that clarification!
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