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<p>[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 8894759, member: 77814"]46 years in circulation.</p><p>imagine what other stuff looks like after 46 years of use and never get any repair work</p><p><br /></p><p>FYI ... a "greaser" is when there is grease in the die itself not the coin. That grease then does not allow metal to fill the die crevices completely and thus the design is not as crisp and exact as it should be. But also, a die starts deteriorating as it gets used so details start eroding over time right as soon as it starts getting used (metal on metal is not kind). Thus the reason they use thousands of dies over such a short run.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 8894759, member: 77814"]46 years in circulation. imagine what other stuff looks like after 46 years of use and never get any repair work FYI ... a "greaser" is when there is grease in the die itself not the coin. That grease then does not allow metal to fill the die crevices completely and thus the design is not as crisp and exact as it should be. But also, a die starts deteriorating as it gets used so details start eroding over time right as soon as it starts getting used (metal on metal is not kind). Thus the reason they use thousands of dies over such a short run.[/QUOTE]
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