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At that time the Philadelphia Mint was using power belts driven by a central steam engine for toggle presses. The hydraulic press was electrically driven. The change to electric motors occurred when … (View Post)

The obverse has a lot of small Kiwi nibbles and scratches. Even turned upside down so I could see it the way you Southern Hemisphere guys see it, the obverse was still "rough." I'd cal… (View Post)

Nice. I hope the standard is identical to that used for Morgan dollars. (Given die size and press runs, the proportion of PL double eagles should be similar to that of Morgan dollars.) (View Post)

This table shows the coining capacity of the Philadelphia Mint in 1896 and the number of presses available for each denomination. It is unlikely that all 12 presses could be used simultaneously due t… (View Post)

Annie's Nut Shoppe has lots of nuts, and ACE Hardware has metal huts, but I don't know about coins. (View Post)