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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3548112, member: 77814&quot;]as you go back in time the Mint did more things in house.</p><p>but as they have evolved they&#039;ve also been limited in their processes due to the footprint of their buildings.&nbsp; The buildings in Denver and Philadelphia have no room for expansion.&nbsp; So, for example, the Denver mint hasn&#039;t implemented some improvements that Philadelphia had due strictly to not having the space.</p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;ve pushed some stuff to outside vendors but only before or after coin production.&nbsp; Such as you won&#039;t find smelting anymore inside the Mint, sheets/rolls are provided to the mint, or in the case with pennies the copper plated planchet itself in large bins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is, after all, a manufacturing and distribution operation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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