I delivered blank pennies to the Mint a bunch of years ago. Picked them up somewhere in Tennessee. There were 6 large bullet proof chests in my trailer. I think it was about $18,000 dollars worth. Drove my 18 wheeler down to the docks in the basement. It was an experience I'll never forget
I worked at a steel works and every so often an armoured car would arrive carrying old bank notes in bales and they went into a furnace charger which then placed them into the furnace for destruction at 1600 degrees.
Yeah,I bunked up outside a' Tuscaloosa my damn self. Bout two year back now,it's been . Louise signed my log book....but you know how that is, ha. Alright... I'll let you go then.
Yeah and the cents were made of copper - not just plated. The nickels are "worth" more than 6 cents. 60 years ago a handful of change could buy a couple people a decent breakfast. Now it's an insulting tip.
1. "Blanks" are punched from the sheets. There are small scraps of metal left after the blanks have been punched from the sheet metal. 2. "Planchets" are made from the blanks by providing sort of a rim around the edge, which will be perfected when the planchet is stamped by the dies. A comparison of a blank with a planchet is shown at 15:05. 3. Coins are made from the planchets. 4. At 18:00, coins are inspected. ["They don't say 'Hanes' until "I" say they say 'Hanes' "] 5. Various coins (such as John Adams presidential dollars, Washington State quarters, Lincoln Memorial cents, nickels and dimes are shown. 6. a) Does the guy at 37:55 ever suffer from "metal fatigue"? 6. b) Around 44:15, this gives new meaning to the term "March of Dimes"!
The coins get pretty banged up before they even leave the mint. Then they put them in bags and transport them to banks, and the coins get even more bag marks.
@@michaelg8642 government is broke after having all these money from the taxes they collect from us. government don’t know how to budget their version of budget is how much money we going to spend instead of how much money we trying not to spend. if the government was good at budgeting we wouldn’t have a debt.
Love to see how much care is used to make proof coins. I think I saw something once. I stopped by the West Point Mint once, multiple fences preventing you to even get close. No samples available either.
Remember when all that would have been made of silver & gold? Me neither. Before my time. Cool video, though. Would have liked to see a description of what some of those machines were doing, or a bit of narration. Some of it was just, "wow. Cool hydraulics. What's it doing?" Thanks for sharing. I bet slot machines are boring as hell after working there.
Is it funny to say that this is a satisfying video to watch. Also, fun trivia: the Philly Mint is just across the street from Ben Franklin's grave at Christ Church Cemetery down there in Philly.
This guys are literally really making money ..🤣🤗 💰💰.... I like the sound .. it's like Atlantic city NJ back in days .. when the value of people and money mint something 🤗🤣🤓
A lot needs to be done to this video like editing and someone to voice over the processes and what is going on, how much per day they can print out, what they do with the defects and maybe some special limited edition coins....
4:59 surely the Mint can provide a shute deflector rather than tape strips in such a prominent establishment. Who is running the maintenance department or are they on a shoe string budget..
I'll bet there are a few people working there that have a hand in generating mint error coins for the purpose of earning some extra cash on the side. The potential...
Back in the 80s we went there on a field trip they should us how money was made & watching them burn money because it was old it was money all over the floor they told us not to touch it but it was mountains of $100s $50s if only I had a time machine 😂😂😂😂
I can just imagine the security system and cameras everywhere in there watching everyone and everything like a hawk you probably have cameras in the bathroom to lol you ant going to steal not one penny from this place 😅
Only gave it a down thumb because there is no narration (at least while I am watching it). Background sounds are fine and the video is stunning. This would be REALLY great otherwise.
Seems the editor was really fascinated with the long sheets of metal coming off the roll.
Was thinking the same thing lol
Lol same
😂
🤣😆
Director too lmao
you know the mint is a real professional operation when you see the duct tape holding things together
Seeing the same scene for 30 sec never gets too old ( c'mon people, let's pick up the pace )
I love the part where they explain in detail what each machine is doing.
I delivered blank pennies to the Mint a bunch of years ago. Picked them up somewhere in Tennessee. There were 6 large bullet proof chests in my trailer. I think it was about $18,000 dollars worth. Drove my 18 wheeler down to the docks in the basement. It was an experience I'll never forget
I worked at a steel works and every so often an armoured car would arrive carrying old bank notes in bales and they went into a furnace charger which then placed them into the furnace for destruction at 1600 degrees.
Pretty cool.
Yeah,I bunked up outside a' Tuscaloosa my damn self. Bout two year back now,it's been . Louise signed my log book....but you know how that is, ha. Alright... I'll let you go then.
that makes cents
You must be a good driver it's very tight in thoses docks..the turns are sharp in the philly mint.
Just think...less than 60 years ago that was a giant roll of 90% silver...
Then everything went to hell
Yeah and the cents were made of copper - not just plated.
The nickels are "worth" more than 6 cents.
60 years ago a handful of change could buy a couple people a decent breakfast.
Now it's an insulting tip.
I was going to say the same thing. And pre-33 there was gold.
@@kingsfan10000000 silver got to expensive to make general circulation coinage
If I worked at the Mint, I'd spend all my time looking for error coins. I'd never get any work done!
Heck, Make the error coins yourself haha. Then you know what to look for
1. "Blanks" are punched from the sheets. There are small scraps of metal left after the blanks have been punched from the sheet metal.
2. "Planchets" are made from the blanks by providing sort of a rim around the edge, which will be perfected when the planchet is stamped by the dies. A comparison of a blank with a planchet is shown at 15:05.
3. Coins are made from the planchets.
4. At 18:00, coins are inspected. ["They don't say 'Hanes' until "I" say they say 'Hanes' "]
5. Various coins (such as John Adams presidential dollars, Washington State quarters, Lincoln Memorial cents, nickels and dimes are shown.
6. a) Does the guy at 37:55 ever suffer from "metal fatigue"?
6. b) Around 44:15, this gives new meaning to the term "March of Dimes"!
This should be a documentary for like the PBS and let tv stations to show us from start to finish. I'm learning what I did not know. Thank you.❤❤❤
I really appreciate this video. Cant nobody explain the process better than the person that works for the Mint.
I guess this is the only job where you make a lot of money😉
🤣 clever
that makes cents
That is objectively funny.
made me laugh out loud idk why
This rules
The sound made me fall asleep and I woke up when it ended! Hate that when it happens!
It's a wonder any MS coins are in circulation by the pounding they take being spilled.
They're still considered MS if they haven't seen circulation. I imagine most of them are only MS60.
The coins get pretty banged up before they even leave the mint. Then they put them in bags and transport them to banks, and the coins get even more bag marks.
This is what you'd get if you had asked Ingmar Bergman to make a documentary about coin production .
When Scrooge McDuck dove into his coins it was like a pool of water but after watching this video....
5:20 Gotta love the Duct Tape
we call those tax cuts
@@michaelg8642 government is broke after having all these money from the taxes they collect from us. government don’t know how to budget their version of budget is how much money we going to spend instead of how much money we trying not to spend. if the government was good at budgeting we wouldn’t have a debt.
They did a bad job at taping it up too, it's falling off and still has gaps!
Beautiful artwork
Wish I could have a mint job
Have you worked there before?
Wonder if they hire felons
Love to see how much care is used to make proof coins. I think I saw something once. I stopped by the West Point Mint once, multiple fences preventing you to even get close. No samples available either.
Thanks for the posting-I will be sharing with the Coin Collecting Communities.
I sure hope they have super duty earplugs. Hearing that all day would drive me nuts!
We wear ppe..it's not a option...
@ kmmm can you listen to music while running the machines?
The philladelphia mint is the biggest mint in the world..it is a whole city block, with several levels in it.
No precious metals…just monopoly money.
How long do you need to show the roll turning we get numb nuts
That’s so cool and I love coins
The ultimate slot machine where the winnings have no face value
now I why its so difficult to find MS-70 coins
What a Great Operation , Learn Good 👍
Who on gods green earth edited this?
Watch at 2x speed next time.
More time than necessary was spent at each step.
Remember when all that would have been made of silver & gold?
Me neither. Before my time. Cool video, though. Would have liked to see a description of what some of those machines were doing, or a bit of narration. Some of it was just, "wow. Cool hydraulics. What's it doing?"
Thanks for sharing. I bet slot machines are boring as hell after working there.
my god it is like watching paint dry
Is it funny to say that this is a satisfying video to watch. Also, fun trivia: the Philly Mint is just across the street from Ben Franklin's grave at Christ Church Cemetery down there in Philly.
You are correct..and the liberty bell 1 block from there
@@kmmkmm6236 interesting
This guys are literally really making money ..🤣🤗 💰💰.... I like the sound .. it's like Atlantic city NJ back in days .. when the value of people and money mint something 🤗🤣🤓
You're watching the raw footage from "HOW ITS MADE"
I kinda thought it's from an episode of "Factory Made" lol
Do you mint all change denominations silver dollars,fifty cent,quarters,etc what locations in US?
how may quarters do
each bin hold like after the cut then the rolloing of the edges then press
The hold roughly around 250000 in each tank
Wish this had commentary
5:00 When the place literally making money has to hold things together with tape.
Huge process!
I'm really curious how you found this?...public archives or the library in Philly? Fantastic!!! Thanks for posting one even I haven't seen yet :-)
4:32 hey look that machine is making coins
what a sin that it's all made out of pot metal now
I worked here it was a good job...plus people work at certain places and they had a great pension system, some one caused me a problem...
That waterfall of pennies was so cool
A lot needs to be done to this video like editing and someone to voice over the processes and what is going on, how much per day they can print out, what they do with the defects and maybe some special limited edition coins....
4:59 surely the Mint can provide a shute deflector rather than tape strips in such a prominent establishment. Who is running the maintenance department or are they on a shoe string budget..
You got any spare chaing
I thought he was waiting to empty the roll of steel😅
If u could pick a coin up off the conveyor belt it would grade ms70 it would be worth thousands
So these are pre-dinged before shipment, I see. Lol
... thought that right from the start. Guess they just dont care. I bet they keep all the errors for themselves too!
Not impressed with the leather shrouds that keep the blanks from flying off, the masking tape looks very philadelphish!
Why don't they explain every step and show how errors occur.
?
Now you see where inflation is minted.
So, how much money does he make an hour?
Watching this at 2x speed😏
Even then, each scene in this is still like 4x longer than it needs to be.
GOOD JOB HERBETE
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY GOT SHORTED A QUARTER LOL
Yes I thought he'd never go to the next step!
man you couldnt pay me to work in this noisy place
I'll bet there are a few people working there that have a hand in generating mint error coins for the purpose of earning some extra cash on the side. The potential...
That's where that scratch came from😭
😮 ….no wonder my coins are all scratched up. Can you guys be a little more careful? Like maybe have a pillow to catch each one. 🤔
Your comment brought me to tears laughing. Thanks I needed that.
Oh yeah, I love my coins too.
@@wayne2c675 A little levity for this crazy world. Have a great day. 😁
I understand the employees make a lot of money there.
Would love to be in those piles with a microscope...😁 ...what fun!! Lol
3 minutes in and I'm still staring at a sheet of steel. Who the fuck made this?
Sounds like working at the Inquirer
This video would be better shortened and with some narration, what are they doing, how many quarters can they make in a day
They make money to earn money.
Apparently a quarter (or any of the other coins) don’t gain a value until imprinted on. Such a weird thing.
I think this is the Denver Mint because there’s quality control Philadelphia don’t look at there’s
Kind of interesting to see that the quarter I have in my hand came from that mint. (I am not American)
I may have made thoses quarters...it's a small world!!
I guess they don't worry about bag marks here.
Interesting, but this is unnarrated raw video.
5:20 just imagine being in that pile of quarters
I worked here when I was a kid,they screwed it up for me,I would like to go possibly back to the Pentagon or another area....
At 5:58 coins are coming out of the machine
Interesting.
Back in the 80s we went there on a field trip they should us how money was made & watching them burn money because it was old it was money all over the floor they told us not to touch it but it was mountains of $100s $50s if only I had a time machine 😂😂😂😂
even those making the money use Duck tape repair..
IKR, those machines look like they've seen better days.
And I don't need no poker chips at all
Could use some narration...
To say the least.
I was about to reply with “turn captions on” 🤦♂️
Money is only valued because we value it
More like we put a value on it.
It was originally backed up by precious metals. Gold and silver have actual uses outside of money and jewelry.
The people who work there make millions of dollars a week, but they’re still middle class!
***COINAGE what dictates amount of coins, for example BARBER QUATER 1901 S
Watch video on 2x
looks like they are minting 2007 pennies at 35:40
This video is from 2007 then, the mint doesn’t produce old dates
@@kevingoodwin2023 huh?
So what you're saying is that they guys are literally making money!?
Does anyone have change of a dollar bill? 😂
I can just imagine the security system and cameras everywhere in there watching everyone and everything like a hawk you probably have cameras in the bathroom to lol you ant going to steal not one penny from this place 😅
Cool.
8.8 conservitivly
In God we trust! coinage is great!
Coin shortage, huh?
🐂💩
Check please!
It baffles me that they continue to waste money making coin dollars when nobody likes using them.
Only gave it a down thumb because there is no narration (at least while I am watching it). Background sounds are fine and the video is stunning. This would be REALLY great otherwise.
I'll take a few blanks please . You'll figure less premium ,nope $4 to $9 above spot plus shipping and taxes
Cringe
Equipment seams pretty old
This equipment is under 20 years old
Without a narration to go along with the process it's really kind of blah.
i am guessing these workers all go deaf
I want all the bazzilkionsa you can give me
they should be mining bitcoin instead