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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 3496642, member: 42634&quot;]One of the &quot;hand&quot; coins has been on my list for a while, nice write up [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]&nbsp; !</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you know much about the &quot;Vierschlag&quot; method of striking coins?&nbsp; I&#039;ve always been curious about how and why it was done.&nbsp; I thought I read somewhere that the coins was struck on a single sided die, then struck on another, which damaged the devices withe those distinctive square shaped lines on the coin.&nbsp; Is that correct?&nbsp; If so, why did they do it?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a close to contemporary coin stuck the same way.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926368[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Duke Bernhard von Spanheim, Austria, AR Pfennig, 1202-1256</p><p><br /></p><p>O: Bernhard standing, holding staff and flag. R: Paschal Lamb advancing right. 17 mm, 1.1 g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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