FWIW, in 2009 I had a VIP tour of the Philadelphia Mint, and in the cent production area there was a large stack of those grey plastic tubs holding cent planchets. I looked at one and it had a sticker saying 2,193 kilos, though I do not know if that was gross or net weight. As net weight, and at 2.5 grams per planchet, that would be approximately 877,200 planchets per container.
TD
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"40,000 pounds would be about 7,428,000 planchets"
Some random thoughts about this event....................
(1) In all the Facebook responses to their post, not a SINGLE person referred to them as PLANCHETS! Drove me NUTS!!
(2) Mostly idiots (myself included) read/post on Facebook........ Most responses somehow figured that the amount spilled only came to a hundred dollars or less..... Maybe most people need to go back to school again to study the 3 R's? Figure looks closer to $74,280?
(3) The Mint/police/government would likely have saved a TON of money just abandoning those planchets to anyone who wanted to scoop them up (while dodging traffic, of course), rather than pay a work crew overtime to do the job.......
(4) ......Or maybe a bulldozer could have quickly pushed them off the road & down an embankment to clear at least part of the road quickly enough to let traffic creep by, and then open-up the area to treasure-seekers with metal-detectors!!
(5) Besides the recovery costs, how much more will it cost the Mint/us to have the entire recovered batch screened for defects, re-melted/re-rolled/re-stamped/re-shined, so they can re-enter the system? Or will the Mint just scoop them up as-is and put the flawed product into Mint sets (no Proof, since headed to Philly), like they normally do? ;-)
(6) Maybe the Mint can recoup costs by marketing the coins individually, in rolls, bags, and in Mint sets at a premium, due to their coming with an "interesting back-story".......
(7) Donald Trump should seize on the opportunity to declare that he will "build a wall around Delaware" to prevent all the "unwanteds" from flocking there, now that the word's out that its "streets are paved with copper!"
Moments later a truck carrying strawberries overturned, creating a jam.
Fortunately the door on the next truck to come along was ajar.
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Had the truck been on a steep hill the problem could have been a grade issue.
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Motorists were seen stealing some of the planchets. A police sketch artist was called in, but he drew a blank!
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A photographer was called in to take pictures of the planchets for identification purposes, but all he could get was a rim shot!
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A movie crew happened to be in the area and came over to see if the incident could be incorporated into the remake of "Who's Minding The Mint," but after looking at a selection of the planchets the Director cried "Strike the set!"
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A movie crew happened to be in the area and came over to see if the incident could be incorporated into the remake of "Who's Minding The Mint," but after looking at a selection of the planchets the Director cried "Strike the set!"
OK Capt . . . now I think you're shooting blanks!
HH
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In 2015 they produced 8.9 billion Lincoln cents, roughly evenly split between Denver and Philly. At 2.5g/coin that works out to 22.22 million kilograms or 49.0 million pounds.
The average tractor-trailer unit has a net capacity of about 52,000 pounds, so it would require 942 trucks to transport the entire mintage of Lincoln cents.
Assuming the mintage is evenly spread out throughout the year, this is about 18 semi trucks per week!
Truly, these numbers are incomprehensible, especially when compared to 1794 silver dollars.
Could give a whole new meaning to the term "wheel rub."
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Drop in the buket to the billions they will waste minting them again.
Agree, they probably stamp that truckload in a week!
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Drop in the buket to the billions they will waste minting them again.
Gotta keep those zinc mines that pay millions for their lobbyists in business.
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Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
PMD......Pre Mint Damage, or PaveMent Damage
yeah, no kidding
TD
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Some random thoughts about this event....................
(1) In all the Facebook responses to their post, not a SINGLE person referred to them as PLANCHETS! Drove me NUTS!!
(2) Mostly idiots (myself included) read/post on Facebook........ Most responses somehow figured that the amount spilled only came to a hundred dollars or less..... Maybe most people need to go back to school again to study the 3 R's? Figure looks closer to $74,280?
(3) The Mint/police/government would likely have saved a TON of money just abandoning those planchets to anyone who wanted to scoop them up (while dodging traffic, of course), rather than pay a work crew overtime to do the job.......
(4) ......Or maybe a bulldozer could have quickly pushed them off the road & down an embankment to clear at least part of the road quickly enough to let traffic creep by, and then open-up the area to treasure-seekers with metal-detectors!!
(5) Besides the recovery costs, how much more will it cost the Mint/us to have the entire recovered batch screened for defects, re-melted/re-rolled/re-stamped/re-shined, so they can re-enter the system? Or will the Mint just scoop them up as-is and put the flawed product into Mint sets (no Proof, since headed to Philly), like they normally do? ;-)
(6) Maybe the Mint can recoup costs by marketing the coins individually, in rolls, bags, and in Mint sets at a premium, due to their coming with an "interesting back-story".......
(7) Donald Trump should seize on the opportunity to declare that he will "build a wall around Delaware" to prevent all the "unwanteds" from flocking there, now that the word's out that its "streets are paved with copper!"
Other suggestions?
Moments later a truck carrying strawberries overturned, creating a jam.
Fortunately the door on the next truck to come along was ajar.
Bear/Newark area. Maybe 30 minutes from me, let's go get some blank planchets!
That's about how far it is from me bro. And I said I would stop thru to see if I could find a couple this weekend lol. Where are you located?
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Bear/Newark area. Maybe 30 minutes from me, let's go get some blank planchets!
I was thinking the same thing
A couple of those are pretty good.
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These are blanks right?
Some people were seen scooping up the planchets. When police arrived on scene and started questioning witnesses, they all drew a "blank".
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This calls for a new label if any get submitted. The "I-95 Delaware Blank Spill" !!
"First to Hit Pavement" label.
This calls for a new label if any get submitted. The "I-95 Delaware Blank Spill" !!
"First to Hit Pavement" label.
And a signature deal for the driver
A movie crew happened to be in the area and came over to see if the incident could be incorporated into the remake of "Who's Minding The Mint," but after looking at a selection of the planchets the Director cried "Strike the set!"
OK Capt . . . now I think you're shooting blanks!
HH
1947-P & D; 1948-D; 1949-P & S; 1950-D & S; and 1952-S.
Any help locating any of these OBW rolls would be gratefully appreciated!
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A photographer was called in to take pictures of the planchets for identification purposes, but all he could get was a rim shot!
Instead of photographers, they should have called the coppers.
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In 2015 they produced 8.9 billion Lincoln cents, roughly evenly split between Denver and Philly. At 2.5g/coin that works out to 22.22 million kilograms or 49.0 million pounds.
The average tractor-trailer unit has a net capacity of about 52,000 pounds, so it would require 942 trucks to transport the entire mintage of Lincoln cents.
Assuming the mintage is evenly spread out throughout the year, this is about 18 semi trucks per week!
Truly, these numbers are incomprehensible, especially when compared to 1794 silver dollars.
Moments later a truck carrying strawberries overturned, creating a jam.
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The Federal Court of Appeals issued their decision in the stolen blank pennies case.
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Cents not pennies CNBC.
Blame the mint, the banks, etc...
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Drop in the buket to the billions they will waste minting them again.
Gotta keep those zinc mines that pay millions for their lobbyists in business.
You certainly have that right!
PMD......Pre Mint Damage, or PaveMent Damage
Moments later a truck carrying strawberries overturned, creating a jam.
Followed by a tractor-trailer load of ramen noodles.
The insurance adjustor noted that the loss of this particular cargo caused a total of $22.18 in damage.
(That last joke was told me by a coworker, who noted my graveyard shift mealtime staple is ramen noodles. I thought it was pretty funny.)