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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;usmc60, post: 2415220, member: 76739&quot;]ed Totally agree with you on the greasing it is my understanding, the newer presses that the mint is using now are set up with automatic greasers I am not sure on how they are set up to grease the machine and when. I just know on the older machines the greasing was done manually, and this involves shutting the press off while this was taking place. And after greasing the operator would make sure to wipe down any excessive grease before resuming operations The automatic greasers Does this while the machine is functioning under normal operations and it is quite possible that on this particular coinage run the machine had a bad grease seal causing the excessive amount of grease. The operator does not have the opportunity to wipe any excessive grease off.Basically the press operator only knows if the seal is bad, By visually seeing an excess amount of grease, or upon coinage inspection of the run. Any member who has actually hand greased a machine would know what I&#039;m talking about when I mentioned bad grease seal. I&#039;m just going back to all the articles that I have read with interview&#039;s from mint employees about overuse of dies beyond their life. And unfortunately many members tend to the grease caused this as an answer. I would believe it if they were just a couple of letters messing or a filled number, there is too much going on here to blame on grease. This is just an old Marines observation an opinion <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie24" alt=":blackalien:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />\V/[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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