An interesting numismatic factoid.

Russ

For broaching the reeds on collars in 1964 the Philadelphia mint was using a 200 ton hand operated press - confiscated from a counterfeiter.

The above factoid brought to you courtesy of mint researcher extraordinaire, PhillyJoe.

Russ, NCNE

nwcs

And I bet the government still found a way to expense it to the taxpayers...

fivecents

Dang! That counterfitter must of had some state of the art equipment.

Proof69Eagles

What Russ has failed to tell you all is that HE was the counterfieter.

Wolf359

Now what was the counterfiter doing with it? Making 1964 Peace Dollars?

Russ

<< <i>Now what was the counterfiter doing with it? Making 1964 Peace Dollars? >>



Funny you should mention that. The dollar is one of the denominations discussed in the memo.

Russ, NCNE

lathmach

<< <i>For broaching the reeds on collars in 1964 the Philadelphia mint was using a 200 ton hand operated press - confiscated from a counterfeiter.

The above factoid brought to you courtesy of mint researcher extraordinaire, PhillyJoe.

Russ, NCNE >>




Pretty heavy press for that purpose.
From your brief description, it's nothing more than a hydraulic jack in a frame.
I made my own air over oil 10 ton hydraulic press for broaching.

Ray

PhillyJoe

Based on some very preliminary info, I think the 1964 minting technology and "modern" cannot be used in the same sentence.

Joe

Russ

The Super in Philly wanted to replace it with a new 50 ton hydraulic press because the manual press was in bad shape, and it would have cost $2000 to repair and add a motor. A new press was $6600. Man, that sure seems like dinky money by today's standards.

Russ, NCNE