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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2670070, member: 16729&quot;]I think this British Pathe video of the Royal Mint&#039;s coining process (circa 1948) is probably better than that 1940 U.S. Mint video.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silent video, but great overall coverage of the entire process, from smelting to bagging.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]dd5BQ9D0o6A[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another from 1956, with sound:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]4VcV3cjHUI8[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>You get to see the old Uhlhorn and Taylor and Challen(?) coining presses at work!</p><p><br /></p><p>I love how the old-timer with the tatoos at 02:30 just catches those half-crowns out of the bottom of the press with the kind of tin dish that my grandma used to cook with, some coins spilling onto the concrete shop floor, and he just plucks them up and throws them in the bag.&nbsp;&nbsp; So THAT&#039;S where bag marks come from![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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