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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2075757, member: 112"]"Special Handling" does not equate to kid gloves. It merely means the coins are handled a bit more carefully than the coins that are struck for circulation are handled. </p><p><br /></p><p>To put that into proper perspective, you first have to know how the circ coins are handled. Basically, there is no care taken. They spit out of the press at a rate of around 400-700 per minute and are ejected into a large hopper where every coin lands on another coin. They are then dumped, and I mean dumped, into a counting and sorting machine. they are then dumped into a large bag on a pallet. A bag so big it takes a forklift to lift it. They are then to rolling centers where the bags are split and dumped yet again into another counting and sorting machine, and then onto a rolling machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint Set coins however still go into a hopper right from a press. They are then packaged by machine. </p><p><br /></p><p>That's special handling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2075757, member: 112"]"Special Handling" does not equate to kid gloves. It merely means the coins are handled a bit more carefully than the coins that are struck for circulation are handled. To put that into proper perspective, you first have to know how the circ coins are handled. Basically, there is no care taken. They spit out of the press at a rate of around 400-700 per minute and are ejected into a large hopper where every coin lands on another coin. They are then dumped, and I mean dumped, into a counting and sorting machine. they are then dumped into a large bag on a pallet. A bag so big it takes a forklift to lift it. They are then to rolling centers where the bags are split and dumped yet again into another counting and sorting machine, and then onto a rolling machine. The Mint Set coins however still go into a hopper right from a press. They are then packaged by machine. That's special handling.[/QUOTE]
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