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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 4847493, member: 105098&quot;]They make the proofs in a single squeeze with a 3 segmented collar. The problem is its slow, the collar breaks a lot ect. </p><p>They opted for the 2 step process, strike and then edge lettering for the circulation strikes to mass produce them with less stoppages.</p><p><br /></p><p>They get a about 19k coins out of the 3 segment collar on the single strike method before the collar breaks,&nbsp; but by doing the strike first then running them through the edge lettering machine there&#039;s much less stoppages to reset. The two step process is &quot;messier&quot; though, more contact marks ect., it produces an inferior product.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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