Franklin Peale Peale designed a new machine to cut planchets, or blanks, from metal strips. This machine remained in use, almost unmodified, until 1902. Another of the steam-powered machines Peale had installed on his return was a milling machine, which was used to "upset" the coin—to form a rim around it. A Contamin portrait lathe was imported from France and installed at the Philadelphia Mint in 1837. Prior to this time, all coin dies for American coins had to be made individually, by hand at Philadelphia. Once the lathe was installed, they could be reproduced mechanically by the pantograph-like device. The first
The Blanks Bill Lawrence, who decided to write them into the show. They have appeared as the singing group in the following episodes: The Blanks also provide the theme song for the web-only series "". The Blanks The Blanks are an American a cappella group. They were recurring guests on the TV series "Scrubs" under various names such as Ted's Band and The Worthless Peons. They have released two albums: "Riding the Wave" and Worth The Weight. Sam Lloyd and George Miserlis met Paul Perry while studying at Syracuse University. Some time later they met Philip McNiven while living in Los Angeles