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<p>[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 476278, member: 13719"]Most lifetime issues of Alexander the Great were usualy bulky/thick, which did not alow for the entire design of the die to imprint on the coin. IMO looked better then the wide thin flan.</p><p> </p><p>The coin was hand stuck with a die/avil. Dies were usually made of Bronze because it was sofeter and easier to work with then iron, (though some were made of iron as well) then the was anealed to make it stronger and less brittle.</p><p> </p><p>The planchets were made by pouring molten metal into a mold and saved until needed. When it was ready to be used, they heated it just below melting point and placed it between the dies and the punch die was struck with a hammer.</p><p> </p><p>"Ancient coin Collectinf vol 1"</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/images-coins/Coin-Striking.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ciccone/images/afghani%20die%201866%20to%201868%201.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ciccone/images/Striking%20diagram.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ciccone/html/production.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ciccone/html/production.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ciccone/html/production.htm</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.archaeologystudent.com/coinarch/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.archaeologystudent.com/coinarch/" rel="nofollow">http://www.archaeologystudent.com/coinarch/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 476278, member: 13719"]Most lifetime issues of Alexander the Great were usualy bulky/thick, which did not alow for the entire design of the die to imprint on the coin. IMO looked better then the wide thin flan. The coin was hand stuck with a die/avil. Dies were usually made of Bronze because it was sofeter and easier to work with then iron, (though some were made of iron as well) then the was anealed to make it stronger and less brittle. The planchets were made by pouring molten metal into a mold and saved until needed. When it was ready to be used, they heated it just below melting point and placed it between the dies and the punch die was struck with a hammer. "Ancient coin Collectinf vol 1" [IMG]http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/images-coins/Coin-Striking.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ciccone/images/afghani%20die%201866%20to%201868%201.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ciccone/images/Striking%20diagram.gif[/IMG] [URL]http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ciccone/html/production.htm[/URL] [URL]http://www.archaeologystudent.com/coinarch/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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