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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2291848, member: 112&quot;]The coins in today&#039;s Mint Sets are processed a little differently. Yes they are struck on special presses with a higher striking pressure, and they are handled somewhat more carefully. But they still get dumped from the press into a hopper - thus the contact marks commonly found on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that process did not start until I think in the mid &#039;90s. Before that the coins put in the Mint Sets were just pulled out of the same hopper of the coins being struck for circulation purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I don&#039;t own the book, I just never got around to buying it. But I am told that much of the information I have relayed can be found in there. Me, yeah it&#039;s all in my head, I&#039;ve own hundreds of coin books and have read many hundreds more over the years. And more articles about coins than I could even begin to count.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for me writing a book - lol - it&#039;s too much damn work ! Trust me I know. It took me 4 years to help one of my students write his book on Netherlands ducats. And that was just volume 1 ! There are 3, or more, volumes in the works. There has never before been a book like it written. I hope I live long enough to finish the damn thing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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