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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 5330450, member: 66&quot;]It did until 2002 when they switched over to the schuler horizontal presses.&nbsp; Before that they were struck vertically.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another good video shows the process from a century ago (You&#039;ll want to watch with the sound off, this was a silent film but they added a horrible music track to it.)&nbsp; You can see the striking process at 4:50 - 5:05</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Ef8FdPJ5aVw[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>in this video from the Royal Mint you can see the striking starting at 3:25.&nbsp; This is a different type of vertical press that uses rotating feed fingers.&nbsp; The planchet is rotated into position and drops down into the coining chamber, as the anvil die drops back down. the hammer die comes down (You can see the hammer die sticking out of the die holder) the coin is struck, the anvil dies rises up pushing the coin out of the chamber and then the feeder rotated that one out of position and the next planchet in position, then the cycle repeats.&nbsp; At 3:39 they do proofs which really lets you see how the dies strike the coin and of course in that case they are placing the planchets in by hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>At 3:42 he places the planchet on the die face, 3:43 the anvil die drops and the planchet drops intot he coining chamber (the collar).&nbsp; At 3:57 the anvil die rises up pushing the coin out of the collar.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]3GiMY-1LHR4[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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