[Nervous Tick]

>> Today there are three refineries that supply planchets to the Mint: VennerBeck Stern Leach in Rhode Island, Sunshine Minting in Idaho and Goldmark in Perth, Australia.

... who, in turn, outsource the production of the planchet cores to http://www.tungsten.com.

[j/k... maybe...]

[An Old Man]

Maybe not

Blanks headed for the US Mint.