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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 383367, member: 66&quot;]Nope, they do blank their own nickels, dimes, quarters and half dollars from strip provided by suppliers but cents and bullion products have the planchets provided by outside suppliers.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure if the sac and president dollars come in as planchets or strip.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A few years back they also had some SAE production problems and there were reports from the mint that the quality of the planchets from the suppliers were not up to standard.&nbsp; Also by getting in planchets for the bullion coins rather than strip eliminates the headache of handling the wastage from the strip which would have to be shipped back under security due to it&#039;s high value and bulk.&nbsp; (The mint no longer has the foundry to melt the scrap back down themselves.)&nbsp; If they ship in planchets the supplier can remelt and re-roll the scrap to make more planchets right there on the premises.&nbsp; In the popular TV program on the US Mint that shows frequently on the History or Discovery channel they even show the mint supplying the gold bullion for the GAE but they still show it being sent to an outside contractor who processes it and sends it back as planchets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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