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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;adelv_unegv, post: 308667, member: 7247&quot;]No, I hadn&#039;t checked it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been racing a clock all day - and losing.&nbsp; I checked it now, though.&nbsp; &quot;Mitred&quot; is a tell, though.&nbsp; Do you mean like this helical gear? ( <a href="http://www.qtcgears.com/KHK/newgears/KHK128.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.qtcgears.com/KHK/newgears/KHK128.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.qtcgears.com/KHK/newgears/KHK128.html</a> )</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t see that happening at the mint.&nbsp; The reeds are put on by the third die (the collar) during the strike.&nbsp; Perhaps instead of pounding, it was done with a screw press - causing the twist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to make sure, it <i>does</i> have reeds around the entire edge, correct?&nbsp;&nbsp; The reason I ask is a broadstrike is a strike where the collar does not encircle the planchet.&nbsp; A partial broadstrike has only part of the planchet inside the collar.&nbsp; Either way, the pressure of the strike squishes the planchet, and, without the collar to contain the planchet, some of the coin squishes into a larger diameter.&nbsp; If it has complete reeding it had to have been contained within the collar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still ain&#039;t no expert.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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