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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2919646, member: 71723&quot;]There is a film out there called “Secrets of the U.S. Mint”. I think it was on Discovery years ago. I have it on a recorded DVD/RW. Proof planchets are handled specially so they don’t get any pre-striking severe marks that the double striking can’t strike clean, but they are not polished per se. It would be easy to “lift” a clad blank, pre-upsetting, and get it into the Uncirculated “Blue Ike” production line. The film may be on YouTube. Not my thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having a clad planchet on a line set for producing Blue Ikes MIGHT result in a soft strike, but by 1973 the Blue Ikes were much more well struck on average than in 1971. They simply took more care.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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