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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 99170, member: 283&quot;]I&#039;m pretty sure that the milled ones were `cold&#039; minted. I&#039;m being cagey about saying `struck&#039; because there were different methods employed. For example, many Austrian and German talers were minted using roller dies, that is the flan was passed through what was intrinsically a pair of rollers. That&#039;s why some of them have a bevel to them and many aren&#039;t exactly `round&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The crude Spanish Netherlands ones....to be honest, i&#039;m not exactly sure how they were treated...except amazingly badly (by all appearances). <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are also some rather exceptional pieces too. They aren&#039;t all quite so crude as the ones I have shown, just the vast majority.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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