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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1622411, member: 15929&quot;]truth be told, I&#039;d always heard of annealing ovens and annealing drums but after Dougs post, looked it up in the Error Coins Encyclopedia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure enough, there&#039;s a picture of a tray in the oven. But, its a tray of dies, not coins. It&#039;s also an old photo but it did get me to thinking. The video definitely shows a drum as the planchets are spilled toward the quenching bath. Whether or not that is an annealing drum or not is unclear from the video.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]230622.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Most assuredly, coins do touch each other during all phases of the manufacturing process with the exception of the striking process. Sometimes even then though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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