US Mint program on Travel Channel

jim4silver · May 13, 2010

Saw it last night and missed first half or so, but it was really cool. Be on the look out for a rerun of the show if you can. Showed how coins are made, and talked about error coins and counterfiets, etc.

Also, interesting article below about a gold vending machine in the mid east.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100513/od_afp/uaegoldoffbeat_20100513120103

Jim

dave5710 · May 13, 2010

Was it the one that features a North Carolina quarter several times in the program.
If it was, it is several years old, but they air it several times each year.
I like the way they take the 22" strip or gold and flatten it until in is about 12' long.
Also watch for reruns of a program called Cash and Treasures.

jim4silver · May 13, 2010

dave5710 said:
Was it the one that features a North Carolina quarter several times in the program.
If it was, it is several years old, but they air it several times each year.
I like the way they take the 22" strip or gold and flatten it until in is about 12' long.
Also watch for reruns of a program called Cash and Treasures.

I didn't see that part, but it might have been in the first half. One part I saw showed a guy who makes what many here call "magic coins". The one he was making was a sacagewea with a quarter obverse on the other side. Seemed like the same process they would use to make the magic halves.

Jim

dave5710 · May 13, 2010

I'm pretty sure it is the same show. In the beginning they show how dies are made, and the security involved. They also show how gold in melted and the tiny amounts of silver and copper that go into gold. How proofs are packaged, never being touched by human skin. There is also a program on printing currency, from how to make the paper(cloth) to printing, cutting and distribution. Cool stuff.