Calling any tool & die makers...

Can you tell me how a letter set punch is made?

 

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I assume that you are asking about the industrial made Die Stamps/Punches that you can purchase? Those can be made from the "lost Mold" or "Sand Casting" processes or the more modern way by using a CNC Lathe. If your question was to the old way, blacksmithing, here is a cool video that may help you.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punchcutting

 

Thanks! I'm wondering how the star punches were made for our large cent coins long ago.

 

Go to any hardware store that carries these sets, and take note of the name & location of the company that makes them. Then, contact the company and ask to speak to one of the supervisors on the production line.

That's what I did when we had to design and construct a bridge out of toothpicks for our AutoCAD class. I wanted to use square toothpicks but I didn't want the ends tapered to a point. So, I asked one of the supervisors if they sold the toothpicks without the tapered ends.

Chris

 

Im not following you, What Star and What large Cent are you referring to?

Here is a link to a company that makes customized Hubs, Dies, Punches, Stamps and other things that you might like and find helpful. They explain how they make their products on this site.
http://www.steel-stamps.com/Stamps.htm
I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you email them a couple of questions if you like.

 

Already did something similar before I posted the question. I called three companies on the Internet that sell the sets. Unfortunately, the people there did not have an answer because the products they sell are imported.

All the stars, numbers, and letters that were punched into the dies that made Large cents.

BTW, thanks, I don't think I called the folks at your link.

 

You are correct and I've learned that most of this work was "farmed-out" in the early days of the Mint. Modern die sets are reproduced using CNC (? too lazy to look it up) machines, lasers, etc. What I wish to find out is if there was a time when die sets were "hubbed" in batches say from 1870's to 1950's rather than hand-cut.

Some members on CT insist that only one, single, unique "D" shape punch was used to produce all the dies for a decade.

 

I'm wondering if the ops is referring to one like this
1838 LARGE CENT
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GD the closest I came to answering that question. It was determined back in the Roman days they had a form what they called hand hubbing.. Still searching the records.USCM60

 

Thanks GD. I heard that over 17 years ago when I first started collecting. Can't remember who or where. Just a faint memory.

 

Over the years I kinda agree with this definition.

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Call them up ??? You better be fluent in Chinese and be prepared for the long distance charges for a call to China

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Can you prove that?

Chris

 

I'm already looking in to it with respect to letter punches. I'll also try to find out when it occurred at the mint. Now, we do already know (?) that Liberty's head was punched into a die separately and I guess that would be considered "hubbing" right? Evidence for this should be the doubled profiles. The clincher would be if overlays of the head for a specific date matched each N# with only a few possible points of "touch-up" work.

 

GD unless someone comes up with something different. I would have to go with this definition.
History
Human civilizations have long used metals as a medium for exchange. In addition to their long-lasting properties, metals lend themselves easily to melting and casting. As early as 1000 B.C. , the Chinese were using a type of metal token to represent payment. .............

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