The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 46, October 30, 2005, Article 17

CARSON CITY MINT STRIKES RAILROAD "COIN"

Dick Johnson forwarded a link to an article about a recent
striking ceremony at the old Carson City Mint:

"The minting of this year's first 350 commemorative V&T
coins celebrating Nevada's locomotives drew a crowd
of about 50 people to the Carson City Mint at the Nevada
State Museum Friday.

Sales from the coin -- 1 ounce of pure silver, featuring
Locomotive No. 11 -- the Reno, will go toward the V&T
reconstruction project."

"Ken Hopple, chief coiner of Coin Press No. 1 at the
Carson City Mint, said it takes 120 pounds of pressure
to strike each coin.

In its heyday, the press turned out 100 coins a minute,
but now it kicks out about six a minute, he said.

"We're not in a race now. Every one is done by hand,"
Hopple said.

The Carson City Mint at one time had three presses.
The last Carson City dollar was minted in 1893, he said.

Penny Fairfield, a volunteer at the museum, said she
was glad to be working Friday.

"This is an exciting day because the coin press is working.
It's 136 years old. This was once a money-making factory,"
she said."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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