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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mkwelbornjr, post: 1358434, member: 17034&quot;]For any high quality striking the blanks are polished...they are shiney and reflective but not mirror.&nbsp; The main finish on a coin comes from the die.&nbsp; There are some good vids on youtube showing this...<a href="http://www.pobjoy.com/usa/page.php?xPage=about_us.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pobjoy.com/usa/page.php?xPage=about_us.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pobjoy.com/usa/page.php?xPage=about_us.html</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; has a video....perth mint has some.&nbsp; A planchet (blank) has to be polished to strike correctly.&nbsp; Otherwise it would be rough.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Mint doesn&#039;t produce or prepare precious metal blanks...they buy them from Perth Mint or Sunshine Mint.&nbsp; I was very suprised to find out that the US Mint did not roll or blank precious metal.&nbsp; They may roll and punch alloy blanks...not sure on that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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