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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4473823, member: 66&quot;]You notice the nickel image fits the oversized planchet. where would the mint have gotten a pair of oversized nickel dies?&nbsp; Als if this had been struck at the mint the design would have been well struck and not flat and mushy</p><p><br /></p><p>So how would you create something like this?</p><p>1, put a nickel between two pieces of leather and pound it to make a quarter sized &quot;texas nickel&quot;</p><p>2, put texas nickel between two brass plated and squeeze it in a hydraulic press to create a pair of &quot;soft dies&quot;</p><p>3, put silver blank between the soft dies and squeeze in press.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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