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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ldhair, post: 26632343, member: 11540&quot;]That is the Gallery Mints Table. Fun to watch.</p><p>From right to left, This is what each machine does.</p><p>1st Upset machine. It puts the raised rim on the blank and also does the edge lettering. It says GALLERY MINT.</p><p>2nd Blanking press. It punches the blanks from the sheet metal.</p><p>3rd Draw press. It takes a hunk of metal and draws it out into a sheet. </p><p>4th I&#039;ll call it a blank heating machine, not sure what it should be called.</p><p>5th That&#039;s actually the press. The operator puts a planchet in. No collar used. Next he throws the big ball at the top of the machine and that screws the two dies together. The coin comes off the press a bit hot.</p><p>They give these out free to everyone. Really fun to watch the process. The machines are not actually set up in order of the way they are used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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