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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1622925, member: 15929&quot;]I just got off the phone with Michael Lantz who worked at the US Mint in Denver starting in 1961 until his retirement sometime in the 90&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>He stated that circulating blanks were annealed in large drums with a tumbling motion and that converoy belts were never used during his tenure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Annealing chatter is not always eliminated from the coins surface during the striking process. Strang annealing hits are not always removed from the high points of the CnClad coins during the striking process. As such, since these marks occured before the strike, they may or may not affect the eventual grade. It totally depends upon the severity of the mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Proof coins, on the other hand are annealed on belts in the San Francisco facility.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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