1920 Archived Royal Mint film.....
DoubleEagle59
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About a 12 minute film of the Royal Canadian Mint of 1920.
Very interesting
Heads up at the 7:23 and 11.22 minute mark as you'll see many, many ms67 pieces.
1920Mint
Very interesting
Heads up at the 7:23 and 11.22 minute mark as you'll see many, many ms67 pieces.
1920Mint
"Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)
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"“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)
"I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
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linky
Really interesting to see how the mints handled their products. The Vatican film was especially interesting to me in that they were using a couple of hundred year old press to restrike much earlier medals. Toward the end of the film is the use of a more modern press to strike contemporary what look like silver medals. At the very end the worker dumps a small box of medals into a larger container, a heart stopping scene of (mis)handling for any collector. After such treatment, its amazing that many of these survived in decent shape at all!
BTW, here's what I think the fellow on the modern press was making:
What fun!