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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3588848, member: 112"]Eric, I should have asked you in the previous post, but what exactly is it you wish to know about the process ? I mean, there's not that much to know really. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once the master dies were made the mint employee would pick up a metal punch with the appropriate letter on it, he'd place it on the die and hit it with a hammer. Then the master die would be used to create working hubs and they in turn used to create working dies. That's really about all there is to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is, what could a video tell us that we don't already know ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3588848, member: 112"]Eric, I should have asked you in the previous post, but what exactly is it you wish to know about the process ? I mean, there's not that much to know really. Once the master dies were made the mint employee would pick up a metal punch with the appropriate letter on it, he'd place it on the die and hit it with a hammer. Then the master die would be used to create working hubs and they in turn used to create working dies. That's really about all there is to it. My point is, what could a video tell us that we don't already know ?[/QUOTE]
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