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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 3086512, member: 90692&quot;]Quality Control dictates that, yes, that is when the die needs to be replaced.&nbsp; But, Mint employees follow the orders of their superiors and if told to crank out 100,000 coins before replacing the dies, that&#039;s what they do, unless the die shatters.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Much like Rear Admiral David Farragut, who asked &quot;What&#039;s the trouble?&quot; when he saw his attacking ships begin to fall back after one hit a mine in the bay and sank.&nbsp; Floating mines were called torpedoes back then and the response from USS Brooklynn to Farragut on his flagship USS Hartford was &quot;Torpedoes!&quot;.&nbsp; Farragut ordered through his trumpet cone:&nbsp; &quot;Damn the torpedoes!&nbsp; Four bells, Captain Drayton, go ahead.&nbsp; Jouett, full speed&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>You get the idea.&nbsp; BTW, Farragut won the battle and was promoted to Vice Admiral.&nbsp; The Mint employees collected their pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia has a good bio on Farragut...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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