At one time at the old San Fransisco mint one could go to the gift shop and for $1.50 buy a blank planchet and walk it to another room and get it struck into the standard mint medal. I wonder how many coin collectors would have paid the $1.50 and keep the blank. Wish I had kept more than one.
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