"How Coins Were Minted A Century Ago" [VIDEO]

[CascadeChris]

Enjoy...

[youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=you ... f8FdPJ5aVw[/youtube]

[RogerB]

Interesting and will probably help some collectors better visualize what occurred at the Philadelphia Mint in the 1910-1920 period. There are some goofy edits and the Pyx situation is entirely wrong - but it is clear about how detached workers became when handling precious metal ingots, planchets and coins. (The original in available at NARA.)

[blh74]

Thanks Chris, very interesting.

[DHalladay]

One thought kept screaming through my mind as I watched this: The days before OSHA were much, MUCH different for workers.

And another was: "Who in heaven's name thought that music was a good idea?!"

[RogerB]

One thought kept screaming through my mind as I watched this: The days before OSHA were much, MUCH different for workers.

And another was: "Who in heaven's name thought that music was a good idea?!"

The hand reaching in to pull out blanks is especially cringe-worthy.

Use of wire cages around press flywheels didn't come into use until the new Philadelphia Mint opened in 1901. Archives include several letters about employees losing body parts to machinery.

[vamnuke]

Great stuff, maybe music score excluded!

[vamsterdam]

my audio isn't working so i guess i lucked out. pretty nice to able to watch something like this. i was pretty shocked about the guy grabbing ingots straight from the tank with his bare hands.