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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1371358, member: 26302&quot;]Correct. My understanding is of all production coins cents are the only ones bought as blanks, the rest are punched out of strip at the mint. However, they are looking at cost reduction measures, and one of the biggest could be buying blanks instead of strip. The labor cost at the mint is just entirely too high, so buying prepunched blanks could now save them money. Kind of sad, knowing we have punched our own blanks since the beginning of the mint, but government employees just make way too much salary and benefits versus the private sector. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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