Indian Head gold pieces was modified by Barber, was "worthy of J.J. Audubon". Dies for the half eagle were sent to the mints in Denver and San Francisco; both western mints reported difficulties in striking the new pieces. Landis wrote to his counterparts at the other mints, advising them that the planchets, or blanks, needed to be shaved very slightly to strike properly. The new coins proved to be thinner than earlier coins of their denomination, due to the field being raised above the design. This meant that automated sorting machines could not reliably sort them when mixed with earlier coins. The new gold
Jamie Blanks Jamie Blanks Jamie Blanks is an Australian film director and composer. He is probably most famous for directing the 1998 cult slasher film "Urban Legend". He attended film school at Melbourne’s Swinburne Film School (becoming the Victorian College of the Arts during his three years of study). Blanks gave commentaries on the "Urban Legend" and "Valentine" (2001) DVDs. His third feature "Storm Warning" won awards for Special Effects and Score at Screamfest 2007. Blanks shot, edited and composed the score for his fourth feature, "Long Weekend" (released on video in the United States as "Nature's Grave"), starring Jim Caviezel and