Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 8505583, member: 77814&quot;]you have to think of those steel dies striking little pieces of metal.</p><p>The &quot;crispness&quot; of the dies details starts getting worn as it strikes more pieces.&nbsp; Continuously.</p><p><br /></p><p>The objective of regular commerce grade coins is for commerce (not for perfectness in the image struck).&nbsp; This is so the cashier can recognize how much it is worth.&nbsp; 1 cent .. doesn&#039;t matter if it is the first strike of a planchet or the millionth .. it&#039;s still recognizeable by the cashier as money.&nbsp; Not as a collectable coin (that&#039;s what proofs are for by the US MINT).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you were able to obtain *ALL* the coins from a singular die lifespan you should easily be able to put them in groups of early to late strikes.&nbsp; Just from the die wear and the continuous smooshiness (die cracks, deterioration, etc) of the image over time and see what die maintenance was done by the strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you compare regular coins minting process versus proof coin minting process it is vastly different.</p><p>One is designed for Quality and the other is designed for Quantity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in