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V11 2008 INDEX
E-SYLUM ARCHIVE
ARTICLE ON SILVERTOWNE
A television news program in Indiana featured a story on
the SilverTowne Mint. -Editor.
SilverTowne minting facility in
Winchester boasts being one of only a handful of custom mint facilities in
the country. Hidden within the city, the mint creates custom coins for clients from across the globe, said sales associate Marcia Neeley. The coins are more like medallions, she said, because they hold no monetary value.
About 25 people work in the factory that has been in the area for more than 20 years.
The mint has created coins for the military, ground-breaking ceremonies and they’ve even been commissioned to create a coin as a business card, Neeley said.
Marveling at the capacity of reporters to misstate even the
simplest numismatic concepts, the reader who forwarded the story remarked,
Of course, the private "coins" are not sort of LIKE medallions, they
ARE medallions (and medals, and tokens). ARRGHHH!!! They can't even get
the simple things correct!
To create the complete article (and
view the video) see: SilverTowne
mint creates custom coins for clients Wayne Homren, Editor
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