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<p>[QUOTE="acanthite, post: 636252, member: 6647"]Here are some of the coins I minted. The dies were created by one of the instructors.</p><p> </p><p>Ancient coin, AR, 8.65g, so about the weight of a stater (Corinthian). This was done by hot strike, over a previously cold struck piece that I recycled. The first picture is of the anvil die (which took the folding of the metal over the square die). The other die (hammer) came out flat, the central device is of a winged thunderbolt.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_stater-obv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_stater-rev2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>Also struck some pieces on pewter planchets on the screw press. However, there were problems with quality control and the strikes resulted in accidental errors.</p><p> </p><p>The first was an off-center strike. Through some lucky fluke it shows the date.</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_offcentererror-obv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>A double strike, the second about 60% off-center.</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_doubstrike2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>A strike-though pewter. Really don't know how this happened, the metal was flicked onto the planchet at just the wrong moment. There was a YN in the room, I suppose I could blame him.</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_strikethrough2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="acanthite, post: 636252, member: 6647"]Here are some of the coins I minted. The dies were created by one of the instructors. Ancient coin, AR, 8.65g, so about the weight of a stater (Corinthian). This was done by hot strike, over a previously cold struck piece that I recycled. The first picture is of the anvil die (which took the folding of the metal over the square die). The other die (hammer) came out flat, the central device is of a winged thunderbolt. [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_stater-obv2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_stater-rev2.jpg[/IMG] Also struck some pieces on pewter planchets on the screw press. However, there were problems with quality control and the strikes resulted in accidental errors. The first was an off-center strike. Through some lucky fluke it shows the date. [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_offcentererror-obv2.jpg[/IMG] A double strike, the second about 60% off-center. [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_doubstrike2.jpg[/IMG] A strike-though pewter. Really don't know how this happened, the metal was flicked onto the planchet at just the wrong moment. There was a YN in the room, I suppose I could blame him. [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/ANA_2009_strikethrough2.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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