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  • Rhubarb
    • Jan 2008
    • 40
    #1

    What Material

    What Material did the U.S. Mint use to make the working dies from 1909 to the present? It does not matter the denomination. I am working on a project on deteriation. Thanks
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  • wavysteps
    • Aug 2007
    • 1925
    #2
    The Mint uses a carbon steel although I am not to sure which number it is. All the different steels (alloys) have a number system (like HY80 for submarine building) and you may be able to dig this information up on the net or, someone with prior knowledge may jump in here with more advanced information.

    BJ Neff
    Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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    • Rhubarb
      • Jan 2008
      • 40
      #3
      Originally posted by wavysteps View Post
      The Mint uses a carbon steel although I am not to sure which number it is. All the different steels (alloys) have a number system (like HY80 for submarine building) and you may be able to dig this information up on the net or, someone with prior knowledge may jump in here with more advanced information.

      BJ Neff
      Thank you BJ. Carbon Steel is mainly a mild steel that is (in most cases) Carbourized which means the outside is the only part that is hard.(.015 to.020) I would think that the die itself would be made of a steel other than that, perhap's D-4 or similar. I am still up in the air about this.

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