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When I took the floor tour of the West Point Mint, with Dave Camire, about 20 years ago, The pellets they used to burnish the proof silver eagle planchets Were plastic, same basic shape as the metal … (View Post)

I always did this with mint errors, and it works for other coins too: On the plastic submission flip itself, write “reverse up”. When it gets to encapsulation, they’ll see that and put the reverse of… (View Post)

The general rule that I always use: If it’s bright and shiny, it’s probably been plated If it’s dark, dull, and gray, it’s been deplated. (View Post)

I’ve never seen or heard of either of those blanks or planchets. (View Post)

‘Split’ should go before ‘B4’ I’ve used that wording before, so it’s possible it’s an old holder, and they didn’t put the word ‘ split’ As they normally would have done. (View Post)