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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 8224262, member: 106826&quot;]Equipment plays a factor here and when a &#039;weak strike&#039; was produced (mechanical vs. hydraulic presses).&nbsp; Date of the anomaly may lend a clue.&nbsp; To your point, custody of the setup and pre-production run coins are carefully monitored.&nbsp; I have clients that produce government parts and anything in these categories must by mutilated by procedure and the scrap kept separate from everything else.&nbsp; Government inspectors will verify count/weight and inventory material scrap.&nbsp; I would have to assume that this is even more stringently watched inside the mint.&nbsp; But clearly, opportunity exists.&nbsp; And if a third-party bonded scrap material vendor is in play, more opportunity for a valuable weak strike to end up in the hands of collectors.&nbsp; Certainly, weak strikes occurring in production can find their way into commerce.&nbsp; Normally, production is separated as it occurs so that if a problem is detected, they can go back through the earlier bins until they no longer see the problem.&nbsp; This is quite common, even outside of the government run jobs.&nbsp; Other industries want to be able to segregate production during the run (e.g., aerospace, automotive, etc.).&nbsp; From what I&#039;ve observed, hydraulic presses require a bit less maintenance and adjustment.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know the answer regarding vertical vs horizontal presses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with your assessment: most weak strikes are from Production...not Setup.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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