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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 8066520, member: 97383&quot;]1934 W. Crown, I understand the gist of what you are saying &amp; agree with your grade assessment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, but seriously doubt this coin was &quot;hammered&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The coin is too large, too flat, &amp; the die impressions too perfect to be struck by hand. Experiments with machine-made coinage began in Italy by the end of the 15th century, &amp; by the beginning of the Baroque Period nearly all the European countries were using a screw-press or roller-dies to make impressions on large coins. Your coin appears to be made on a screw-press, so technically speaking it isn&#039;t struck, the die impressions are squeezed into the flan. This machinery was operated by men or animals until the use of hydraulic presses became common in the 19th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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