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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1817331, member: 26302&quot;]Btw, its pretty darned hard to make a square coin. The problem is not cutting out a square flan, that is the part that is easier than round coins. The problem is that when you strike them the metal wants to flow out in all directions, so it tries to make a round coin even if you start with a square flan. That is why ancient coins called &quot;square&quot; look roundish. Striking a square coin without modern collar technology is just very hard to accomplish.</p><p><br /></p><p>The early Indian square coins were easy, since the silver was cut into square shapes and only punchmarks applied to it. That is ok, but if struck with a whole die it would round the flan out much more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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