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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8285377, member: 19463&quot;]Yes.&nbsp; As I see the matter, the foil technique involved two circles of silver foil.&nbsp; One was slightly smaller that the coin diameter and the other was larger.&nbsp; The seam showed on the side covered by the smaller circle in the middle and by the larger one folded around the edges.&nbsp; In theory, the pressure of striking should have fused the foils but many times they did not.&nbsp; I see no suggestion that the striker cared which side was placed on the obverse.&nbsp; Campbell points out that sometimes but not always the area between foil and core was sprinkled with powdered eutectic which improved fusion.&nbsp; He showed this in his cut cross sectioned coins to good effect.&nbsp; The eutectic shows as lighter in the diamond shape pit on my Hadrian reverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; I paid for my copy of Campbell and never regretted it.&nbsp; Now it is online free and should be read by anyone with interest in fourrees. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463714[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463713[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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