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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2528951, member: 66&quot;]I would expect it to be a one step process with the lettering being impressed into the planchet at the same time as the strike.&nbsp; If they did it as a two step process like the do with the circulation strike coins I would expect to see a lot of coins with severe damage from the lettering process.&nbsp; It would be like running proofs through the upsetting mill AFTER they were struck.&nbsp; You would see a lot of damage to the rims and probably circular scuffs in the frost on the devices.&nbsp; If they did the lettering first it would then be crushed by the plain collar during striking.</p><p><br /></p><p>The way to tell how they did it woul be look at the edge of the coin and see if you see raised bars on the edge at regular intervals around the circumference of the coim.&nbsp; Those &quot;bars&quot; are the joints between segments of the collar that would indicate the lettering was applied during the striking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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