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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3092346, member: 78244&quot;]Here is a Da Quan Wu Shi mould for sale by Scott Semans. These would be pressed into clay and then stacked on one another. Notice how there are both obverses and reverses on the same side. If the moulds were not rotated correctly, then the two obverse/reverse error will occur.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780590[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is why mother moulds were a thing. You just stamp the design you want in a block of clay, fire the block with the imprssion, and then cast coins. The process became much more efficient as moulds became more reusable and the Chinese became more adept at casting coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a mother mould from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780591[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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