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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2675505, member: 112&quot;]I completely understand what you&#039;re saying, but I think you&#039;re missing my point Mike.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only place that metal can come from to fill the dies is from what are the fields of the finished coin. And on a Jefferson nickel there&#039;s a lot more field area on the rev than there is on the obv. That&#039;s pretty plain to see.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.usacoinbook.com/us-coins/1939-s-jefferson-nickel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And yeah, the central devices are at right angles to each other just like you said.</p><p><br /></p><p>But now imagine that you take 2 obverses and turn them at right angles to each other. I don&#039;t have the software to do an overlay, but even this gives us an idea of what we&#039;d have.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]596663[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]596664[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the one the metal&#039;s going to come from the sides, on the other the metal&#039;s going from the top and bottom. And if you change the angle slightly from 90 to 60 it&#039;s still gonna be the same kinda thing - the metal is going to come from the fields no matter which way you turn it, or how much.</p><p><br /></p><p>And when the metal comes it&#039;s going to fill the lowest, and smallest, and closest places first. That much is a given. And the areas that won&#039;t be filled, the areas that will remain flat and blob like - are the higher areas. That much is also a given. </p><p><br /></p><p>And what did we end up with ? </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://minterrornews.com/81049724obv-470.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://minterrornews.com/81049724rev-470.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly that. The lowest, smallest, and closest areas to the fields are filled, or at least partially filled - on both sides. And the highest areas of the coin are not filled and are flat and blob like because there was simply not enough metal when you have 2 obverses. </p><p><br /></p><p>And you can see a similar effect on a normal Jeff, the central hair is weak, and the central part of Monticello is weak because there&#039;s not enough metal to fill it all. And the only way you can get it all to fill is if you increase the strike pressure making the fields (the source of the metal) even thinner that they are normally.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I don&#039;t know if this makes sense to you, but it seems as plain as day to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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