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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 3943616, member: 24633"]I have read it and re-read it, and I still see no evidence of smearing.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>"Definition:</b> Radial smearing of the design caused by “grease” (die fill). The edges of the design that face toward the center of the coin are smeared toward the rim. Radial smearing can affect both interior and peripheral design elements. Although the mechanism is conjectural, the effect is likely caused by the interplay between viscosity, die convexity, and planchet expansion.<b> It's possible that as the die is pushing its way into the planchet, it is also squeezing the grease outward. As the grease makes contact with metal that's rising into the die's recesses, it smears the metal outward in a radial fashion.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>In rare cases, the direction of smear can be toward the center of the coin, or in both directions simultaneously."</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>However, what I think you see in the central part of the obverse is die fatigue, not GMRS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 3943616, member: 24633"]I have read it and re-read it, and I still see no evidence of smearing. [B]"Definition:[/B] Radial smearing of the design caused by “grease” (die fill). The edges of the design that face toward the center of the coin are smeared toward the rim. Radial smearing can affect both interior and peripheral design elements. Although the mechanism is conjectural, the effect is likely caused by the interplay between viscosity, die convexity, and planchet expansion.[B] It's possible that as the die is pushing its way into the planchet, it is also squeezing the grease outward. As the grease makes contact with metal that's rising into the die's recesses, it smears the metal outward in a radial fashion.[/B] [B]In rare cases, the direction of smear can be toward the center of the coin, or in both directions simultaneously." [/B] However, what I think you see in the central part of the obverse is die fatigue, not GMRS. Chris[/QUOTE]
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