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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 7544557, member: 90692&quot;]Another thing most people don&#039;t realize is the Mint doesn&#039;t make cent slugs (blanks). They end up being a kind of middle man in the production process.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint has contractors punch out the slugs from rolls of zinc sheets, then copper plate them to spec. and ship.&nbsp; The Mints upset the blanks, turning them into planchets, and then strike the coins and ship to the banks or rolling facilities...imo...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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