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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 265529, member: 66&quot;]Actually nowadays they do try to catch and retire dies shortly after they atart cracking.&nbsp; Once cracks start the die probably won&#039;t last much longer relatively speaking and they don&#039;t want coins from badly cracked or brken dies being issued</p><p><br /></p><p>As the press runs the coins it spits out are caught in a holding bin and the operator examines a few every few minutes to make sure there are no problems.&nbsp; If they are Ok, the holding bin is dumped into the transport bin and the holding bin starts over.&nbsp; If a problem is found the prss is shut down and the problem corected.If it is a minor problem they may go ahead and release the coins in the holding bin, if not they scrap them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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