Coin dies aren't cast. And this probably wasn't the die anyway but what they call a punch. It's kind of the master(it looks like a coin, as in it is a positive of the coin design) that is then used to make the dies(which is a negative of the coin image) whick strike the blank to make the coin. Punches last a really long time in minting(decades), but the dies are used up fairly quickly, as in you need many for one production run.
Canadian coins nowadays are actually nearly all steel and are plated in specific ways to get the look and electronic signature correct.
studio_baker t1_isyqcqu wrote
Reply to comment by LUBE__UP in TIL that in an effort to save $43.5, the Canadian Mint mailed the dies of the new $1 coin via a discount courier over using an armored car- which were promptly stolen and have never been found. This would lead to the adoption of the Loonie design as an emergency replacement. by Padgriffin
Coin dies aren't cast. And this probably wasn't the die anyway but what they call a punch. It's kind of the master(it looks like a coin, as in it is a positive of the coin design) that is then used to make the dies(which is a negative of the coin image) whick strike the blank to make the coin. Punches last a really long time in minting(decades), but the dies are used up fairly quickly, as in you need many for one production run.
Canadian coins nowadays are actually nearly all steel and are plated in specific ways to get the look and electronic signature correct.