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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2674757, member: 112"]I didn't overlook it, that's the point I was trying to make. The metal is going to flow no matter what. And if there isn't enough metal there to fill the dies, and both dies are the same (as in 2 obverses), then both sides are going to show extreme weakness in the same areas no matter which way the dies are aligned to each to each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about Jeffs when the dies are aligned correctly Mike. They are pretty much all notoriously weak. And it's because there's not enough metal for the design. So if you put 2 obverses together - this is what you're gonna get.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And that's why I said what I said the way I said it. Because I kinda figured that's what you meant. But I didn't think everybody else would realize that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2674757, member: 112"]I didn't overlook it, that's the point I was trying to make. The metal is going to flow no matter what. And if there isn't enough metal there to fill the dies, and both dies are the same (as in 2 obverses), then both sides are going to show extreme weakness in the same areas no matter which way the dies are aligned to each to each other. Think about Jeffs when the dies are aligned correctly Mike. They are pretty much all notoriously weak. And it's because there's not enough metal for the design. So if you put 2 obverses together - this is what you're gonna get. And that's why I said what I said the way I said it. Because I kinda figured that's what you meant. But I didn't think everybody else would realize that.[/QUOTE]
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