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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2350974, member: 26302&quot;]A couple of disagreements. I do not think we have ever seen evidence of casting sprues in denari, or even LRB, so I highly doubt the flans were prepared in this exact manner.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, a friend of mine strikes coins for medieval festivals, and has made hundreds of dies and struck tens of thousands of coins by hand. He said that for denari/LRB/medieval thickness coins there is absolutely no need to heat up the flans. Only very thick coins, especially of a copper alloy, like sestertii need to be preheated in order to strike up. Even a sestertius can be struck cold, but he said it puts undue wear on the dies and makes them crack early.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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