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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fred Weinberg, post: 2981755, member: 86437&quot;]The Schüler Horizontal Presses were first</p><p>installed at the Philadelphia Mint</p><p>in 1997, based on some mis-struck</p><p>quarters that started to come out.</p><p><br /></p><p>By 2001, I believe that cents thru quarters</p><p>were struck with the Horizontal Presses,</p><p>(except halves and dollars), that had been</p><p>installed there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My last floor tour of the Phily Mint was in 2008,</p><p>and there were double, triple, and quadruple</p><p>struck State Quarters still being made at that</p><p>time - the coins are --supposed-- to be struck</p><p>and ejected, but there are various reasons why</p><p>the machinery can jam, mis-feed planchets, </p><p>etc.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, my observation is that since the middle</p><p>of 2001, 99.5% of multi-struck and major off center</p><p>coins have been eliminated because of the newer</p><p>presses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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