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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael H Webb, post: 3229631, member: 93313&quot;]Slight convexity in the coin background design, if present, allows the engraver more flexibility in the design of the relief. A flat background, by contrast, results in a relief with less depth so as not to exceed the rim of the coin. We know that when pressed, metal flows from the background to fill out the details of the relief.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are photographs of high relief coins:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/70vDNof.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/LWzXOHl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Notice the 3D effect:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/HXFJgNZ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>These coin surfaces have flat backgrounds:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/AknAdBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/mW6gHHD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>However, if a coin is poured, there likely is no engraver to advise on which designs would be feasible for pressing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not believe it feasible that the counterfeit coins with their super flat backgrounds and their sand-cast reliefs could have been struck in quantity. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rather, they were poured, as evident by the mold mark on the counterfeit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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