Comments on: How the Denver Mint Makes Dies to Produce Coins

By: Matthew Taft

Matthew Taft — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:15:55 +0000

Can someone purchase one of the old worn out dies to have as part of a coin collection. Since they are no longer able to be used properly does the mint ever offer the broken pieces to collectors. While I understand the possible misuse, there must be a way to create a product that can be sold before they are completely destroyed.

By: Jennifer Scozzari

Jennifer Scozzari — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:54:15 +0000

How long can the die head be in use before the image becomes too worn? i.e. number of cycles before “failure”.

By: Robert Pitman

Robert Pitman — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:47:40 +0000

It appears to me that some very interesting coins could be created by some minor program changes modifying dates and mint marks – true?

How are we protected from such an illegal process?

By: Robert Pitman

Robert Pitman — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:44:18 +0000

Some questions:
1) Could computers copy designs from older coins and create a program to reproduce them today?

2) What is saved and what is destroyed from an old die and the process that created it?

Thanks

By: Rob Borowiecki

Rob Borowiecki — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:13:15 +0000

This is very interesting. I never realized the complexity and care taken to make such precise dies