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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 5999538, member: 4920"]OK, I'm not saying this is going to hold you, but I'm trying, so give me that much...</p><p><br /></p><p>First off, look at the flat ones. That's simply from grease in those crevasses when the planchet was struck. That's not an error. Now, look at the rest of them. They're all intact images. If they were doubled, they'd look that same way, but with a part of the image underneath poking out against it. The things you're seeing at that magnification are the remnants of the die after having lifted off the planchet. The planchets are warmed to soften them up. The dies are hot from the pounding, which is why they have to be greased, or they'll seize up. The planchets and dies stick ever so much, and what you're seeing under this high magnification is how the coins look for that. And some look better, some look worse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 5999538, member: 4920"]OK, I'm not saying this is going to hold you, but I'm trying, so give me that much... First off, look at the flat ones. That's simply from grease in those crevasses when the planchet was struck. That's not an error. Now, look at the rest of them. They're all intact images. If they were doubled, they'd look that same way, but with a part of the image underneath poking out against it. The things you're seeing at that magnification are the remnants of the die after having lifted off the planchet. The planchets are warmed to soften them up. The dies are hot from the pounding, which is why they have to be greased, or they'll seize up. The planchets and dies stick ever so much, and what you're seeing under this high magnification is how the coins look for that. And some look better, some look worse.[/QUOTE]
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