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Yeah - I thought it was a pretty good video. I'm going to see if I can download it so I can archive it. Ruben
The video is good but being the Canadian mint There are some differences between them and the US Mint. The annealing they show for the planchets is done before the cleaning not after. The US Mint is still in the process of introducing the computer aided engraving. The Canadian mint creates a negative Epoxy model does a reduction to brass and the a second reduction to create what they call a matrix but what we would call a master die. In the US we create a positive epoxy model and take it directly to coin size in one reduction step to create a master hub, what they call a punch. They mentioned that the lettering, date etc are added to the brass reduction. In the US this is all part of the large original model.
The US Mint site had a great video on how they made coins and proof coins but it seems to be gone from their site now. Ruben
Condor has secret knowledge about all things coin, I have noticed. He knows many strange and obsecure facts. I think he would win "coin Jeopordy" if there was one.
As I said this would be a great thing for schools. So what if it's from Canada. I don't think the average kid in grade school would care about any differences. How a coin is made is just how a coin is made to them. For educational purposes, it's great. To show kids in school how Ford mades a car is how ford makes a car. I'm sure no one in grade school cares that a Dodge is made a little different. If anyone knows of the USMints similar movie, post it please.
Here is another clip on the internet. http://www.history.com/video.do?nam...=1767981841&bclid=1803311427&bctid=1614615847 You need to choose the third box in the Center: COIN PRODUCTION Oh yes there are commercials, the video is worth the wait.
