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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1711903, member: 15199&quot;]Yes, it is a squeeze job, and the point about non-reversal of the detail can be explained by elaborating on the process. A die can be produced from a softer coin so that the details will be reversed and then used to strike the extra images. Read Charles Larson&#039;s book on Numismatic Forgery where he gives enough info to start your own hobby. He would use a real coin between 2 soft planchets and squeeze/strike the trio, remove the planchets , anneal to soften and repeat until the reverse image is deep into the planchets, and then work harden the planchets which would then be obverse and reverse &quot;dies&quot;. He says this was common in the 60s. This finished planchets could be used to squeeze the proper image onto the silver host coin in this case.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are interested, he explained how explosive impact copying can be used to make dies. He says it is almost impossible to make die from gold coins by the process above, except if you can increase the velocity of the strike tremendously rather than squeezing, you can make a die from a gold coin. He used a 10 gauge shotgun to shoot a copper slug with the gold coin on the end into an annealed steel die on the end of the barrel. The steel die with the reverse image of the coin could then be hardened and used to produce a well finished die capable of striking many coins. </p><p>Obviously there are many dangers in this process.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if you never want to be a counterfeiter, it is quite a read <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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