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Modern Mint Process

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Excellent video showing the modern processes used to design and mint a unique coin.
(Most of these steps apply to designing our proof coins.)

Most interesting is the use of the laser to "frost" selected surfaces on the dies.
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VERY :cool: ,
how much are these?
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The coin in the video:

New Zealand legal tender (Niue island) made by Mint of Poland.
25 dollar coin (3 oz .999 Ag) or 50 dollar coin (6 oz .999 Ag)
Only 2014 made of $25 coin, 2013 of the $50 coin. (same as year)
Not cheap.

Can be bought in America from:
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OH MY,
not cheap is right!....but, look what it takes to actually make them.
what a 'gimmic'. a true collector "take up room in the safe item".
a 'coin'? imagine a pocket full of these?.....
are you happy to see me?....or is that $500 in your pocket?
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i just curious on why they chose mercury for the design......
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Yes, I too was very curious about that. Why, is that in memory of the Mercury dime?

Oddly, the "Mercury" area is the biggest complaint about the coin in that it is so simple compared to the rest of the coin.
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I like this as well, nice coin.

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