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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 7405626, member: 87200"]I've often wondered about die preparation and engraving. Definitely it is a lost art. Considering the tiny tools which must have been used to carve out the intaglio portraits and lettering it's pretty amazing. I also see how once a portrait was engraved that it could be used to make another die through a casting process, saving time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope the die-cutters were well paid along with the blokes who prepared and weighed the planchets. This process would have involved exposure to high levels of heat and toxic gases...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 7405626, member: 87200"]I've often wondered about die preparation and engraving. Definitely it is a lost art. Considering the tiny tools which must have been used to carve out the intaglio portraits and lettering it's pretty amazing. I also see how once a portrait was engraved that it could be used to make another die through a casting process, saving time. I hope the die-cutters were well paid along with the blokes who prepared and weighed the planchets. This process would have involved exposure to high levels of heat and toxic gases...[/QUOTE]
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