Really Cool Silent Film

Hi All,
I just found this old video while searching. This is one I haven't come across before. I'm sure some have seen it before but it's still interesting to see coins being made "old School"

http://vodpod.com/watch/2892316-how...howing-gold-coins-being-made-12min-short-film

Thanks,
Mark

 

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Very interesting film. Thanks for the link.

 

Cool video! I like the part where they dip the white hot ingots into the cooling solution and then a second later a guy reaches in with bare hands and pulls them out. Guess they were a lot tougher before the days of safety standards! I wish they would have shown how that standards machine in the glass case the Pyx worker was using worked.
Guy

 

The guy throwing the coins at the little steel plate and listening for cracks in the coins is just amazing. I could never imagine doing that for 8 hours a day.

 

That was thoroughly enjoyable! Thanks for posting it!

 

Thanks for your post Mark, very interesting. I learn something new every day on CT.

Bruce

 

wow, what a great old film. I hope everyone watches this.

 

That was a very interesting film,,,,Thanks a whole lot for sharing it with us,,I started collecting pictures and old prints of coining machines that i can found on the web,,,,I'm going to add this one two my collecion.

Mark,,,,,Why don't you start a thread where people can post old pictures or anything thats coin production related.

 

great video. i like the part with that massive precision scale the best. the vault was pretty neat also.

 

I'm glad everyone enjoyed it, I thought many would.

Thanks For Looking!

 

Great film. Any idea when it was made? Not certain, but I thought the date on the cent die (inverted to the viewer) was 1920, as was the date on the quarter dollars going through the weighing machine. I'd have to get a catalog out, but I was thinking 1919 was the last year for any meaningful mintage of gold Sovereigns, though they had gold bars in the video too.

 

That was the perfect movie. Could watch a film on my favorite subject while listening to my favorite music without missing anything!

 

Yes thank you for the double thread on the same film.

http://www.cointalk.com/t190960/

 

Thanks for the link. They sure did a lot of testing!

 

What a wonderful film and great find Mark

 

I could'nt quite make it out either, I'm pretty sure the date was 1920, which means it was prolly filmed in 1919. I'm amazed at how 'manual' the process really was. I wonder what the out puts were on a daily basis

 

wow whata kool video.thanks for posting it. i thought the guy who was testing for cracks was pretty amazing too haha

 

Great film!!! I always wondered how they made MS70 coins into MS64 coins.

 

That was a really cool look back, thanks!