perth anda coin got two today!!! sold out on todays allocation.

ironwood · Mar 8, 2012

Jislizard said:

Do you think number 888 was the 888th to come of the production line or do you think they just put them in capsules in a big pile and then someone else came along and put them in a box with a numbered CoA at random?

Unless you have a single person at the end of the minting line picking up the freshly minted coin (with gloves of course) putting it into the colour printer (if it is on a seperate machine and not part of one giant machine) collecting it at the other end, putting it into the box with the numbered certificate, and then going back to the next coin. then there is no real way of knowing.

I always assumed you would want the low numbers because there would be less die wear but if you are just going to draw a picture of a dragon instead of engraving one (why bother with all the effort to do it properly?) then low numbers would not be necessary.

If they dropped number 888 on the floor and it got damaged would they just allocate number 889 the lucky number?

Do the coins go through one at a time? I know they get extra love over the circulating coins but is it a one man operation, like the Mint Your Own presses at the shows?
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I think the mint has elves and reindeer that do this kind of specialty work!

Jislizard · Mar 8, 2012

ironwood said:

Jislizard said:

Do you think number 888 was the 888th to come of the production line or do you think they just put them in capsules in a big pile and then someone else came along and put them in a box with a numbered CoA at random?

Unless you have a single person at the end of the minting line picking up the freshly minted coin (with gloves of course) putting it into the colour printer (if it is on a seperate machine and not part of one giant machine) collecting it at the other end, putting it into the box with the numbered certificate, and then going back to the next coin. then there is no real way of knowing.

I always assumed you would want the low numbers because there would be less die wear but if you are just going to draw a picture of a dragon instead of engraving one (why bother with all the effort to do it properly?) then low numbers would not be necessary.

If they dropped number 888 on the floor and it got damaged would they just allocate number 889 the lucky number?

Do the coins go through one at a time? I know they get extra love over the circulating coins but is it a one man operation, like the Mint Your Own presses at the shows?
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I think the mint has elves and reindeer that do this kind of specialty work!
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Well, that makes more sense I suppose...

ironwood · Mar 8, 2012

Those are good questions Jislizard they must be trade secrets.

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