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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4283203, member: 66&quot;]True during the early years, by the end of the series they had gotten the die life up to close to 30,000.&nbsp; Which was still pretty pitiful since the average for the silver, gold, and bronze coins was 200,000+.&nbsp; A press could comfortably strike 60 coins a minute or 3,600 coins an hour.&nbsp; So if you were striking cents with a die life of 200,000 you had to change dies every 55 hours or about once a week.&nbsp; If you were striking shield nickels you had to change dies every 8 hours or at least once per shift.&nbsp; During the early years of the shield nickel, 3 times per shift.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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