The Most Detailed view of the Modern Minting Process

I just stumbled across this video. It has one of the most detailed views of the modern minting process. A thorough look at the industrial production of US coins. There are a few inaccuracies in descriptions, but overall, I've never seen such good footage of how the US Mint actually works (bullion coins are discussed first, but the second half of the video shows a Shield Cent go from sheet metal arriving at the mint to bagged and shipped). I highly recommend everyone give this a watch.

 

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It was great, thanks for posting. It does make me wonder how a cointed minted for circulation could ever be a 70.

 

No more clumsy baggage handlers, just clumsy robotics......

 

Thanks for posting.

 

Thanks for the post. Nice video. Despite the title and intro, the video also shows some operations in the Denver and Philly mints as well as West Point, perhaps San Francisco too.

Interesting that when proofs are multi-struck, the dies and planchet don't move apart between strikes. Instead, repeated impulses are made to the upper die. Makes it less likely for the planchet to rotate between strikes.

Cal