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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal, post: 7486295, member: 43872&quot;]I think, just theory, the reason &quot;experts&quot; get this wrong is that when you look at the coins the striations appear to radiate outward.&nbsp; It is an optical illusion, but our minds just naturally see it that way.&nbsp; On the other hand, I have some ancients with this and the letters seem to leave &quot;shadows&quot; as the striations radiate outward.&nbsp; In this case I believe the metal did flow outward because ancient coins were often struck with a planchet smaller in diameter than the dies and without collars so that, if struck with sufficient force, the metal would flow out to fill the full diameter of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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