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Message:: [QUOTE="JeffC, post: 5319666, member: 90913"]Hi everyone.  I’ve got a question regarding the striking of coins.  While I know what dies look like, I’ve never seen the striking process.  Sure, I’ve got a “conceptual” understanding of what goes on.  But still, it would be nice to actually see a video of it.  What kind of mechanisms are the dies attached to? How do the planchets come sliding in?  What holds them in place when they’re struck? Are both sides struck simultaneously? How do they get the edge letterings to go on? Lots of questions.  I’ve seen so many videos from the U.S. Mint but – ironically – the most interesting part of the minting process is never shown!  Or maybe it’s me – I can’t find it.  It would be nice to “see” what actually happens during striking. If there are no videos, even a diagrammatic representation would be good. [ATTACH=full]1224839[/ATTACH] In the U.S. Mint’s videos, I see these machines appear at the point they talk about coins being struck. [ATTACH=full]1224840[/ATTACH] But I don’t know what I’m looking at.  In the video, ths machine vibrates back-and-forth very quickly. Where are the dies? Where are the planchets? (These are screen captures of the Mint’s videos.) If you have a link or photos or diagrams that you can share with me, I’d really like to read up on it.  I want to see the details of how the dies are held in place when the planchets are struck.  That would help me to also understand (i.e. visualize) how mechanical doubling takes place.  But that's an assignment for the next long weekend. I also want to see the “collars” that I’ve read about so many times here. As always, thanks everyone.[/QUOTE]

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