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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;VistaCruiser69, post: 14591764, member: 107016&quot;]Googling it, I found something quite interesting for a few reasons:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/profile/FredWeinberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/profile/FredWeinberg" rel="nofollow">FredWeinberg</a> Posts: <b>5,491</b> ✭✭✭✭✭</p><p><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/10868361/#Comment_10868361" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/10868361/#Comment_10868361" rel="nofollow">June 13, 2014 6:10AM</a></p><p>Maybe this will help for clarity:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Philadelphia Mint &amp; the Denver Mint have</p><p>Kuster&#039;s Waffle Machine on the floor, inside the</p><p>Mint&#039;s walls.</p><p><br /></p><p>They &#039;waffle&#039;, or cancel, any defective blanks,</p><p>planchets or error coins with this machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was originally developed for the European</p><p>coins that were being turned in about 15 years</p><p>ago as Europe went to using the Euro only.</p><p>There were concerns that coins returned to Banks</p><p>for the new Euro&#039;s would be stolen as large shipments</p><p>went to either the Central Banks, or to be destroyed.</p><p>This solved that problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Mint bought these machines to save money -</p><p>prior to using them, large trucks with damaged or</p><p>error coins had to have armed guards on them as they</p><p>left the Mint(s), and were driven across the country to</p><p>be melted/refined by the manufacturing plants that made</p><p>some of the planchets for U.S.Mint use.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, they are damaged....</p><p>Yes, they are cancelled....</p><p>Yes, they are no longer legal tender</p><p>Yes, the Mint considers them scrap metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>However.......and members of this forum should know better</p><p>than others, that because they went thru the Waffling Machine</p><p>that was ON the floor of a U.S. Mint.........</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, they are collectable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like Rod Taylor&#039;s Time Machine in the Movieof the same name, if the Waffling Machine</p><p>was located 10 feet OUTSIDE the Mint&#039;s wall, history would be different.</p><p>Collector &amp; Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins &amp; Currency since the 1960&#039;s.Co-Author of Whitman&#039;s &quot;100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins&quot;, and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III &amp; IV.</p><p>Authenticator for Major Mint Errors</p><p>for PCGS. A 42 +-Year PNG Member, and an ICTA Board Member.A full time coin dealer since 1972.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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