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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3199784, member: 66&quot;]Paddyman98 is incorrect the coins are struck and then the edge lettering is applied in a process similar to that used in the upsetting of the planchets.&nbsp; It IS a third step.&nbsp; Upsetting, coining and then lettering.&nbsp; If the edges were lettered first and then struck in a close plain collar the lettering would be crushed.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the coins come out of the press and fall into bins and are carried by conveyors and dumped into other bins that feed the edge lettering device so they still enter randomly oriented.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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