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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 467062, member: 11521&quot;]It&#039;s an optical illusion. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If bronze was super soft (say, like a marshmallow) that might be the case. However, it is hard enough that it will take an impression from dies even though the planchet is not fully restrained. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What about Large Cents and Half Cents. They were pure copper - much softer than the bronze used in Lincoln Cents - and they were struck in an open collar. Pure copper is soft and the planchet did expand when the dies came together (because the open collar did not restrain the metal) BUT the copper was hard enough for the dies to impart strong detail on the coin. In other words, the copper did not run like water just because the edges were not restrained.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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