1. I write to ask if anyone knows how some of the earliest coins were made without flattening the side opposite the punch, and what accounts for the small ‘ledge’ that can be seen. 2. I have a trite that has these features, and I can’t figure them out. 3. Here’s a photo of my coin (Lanz 2014 159 lot 229, NGC cert 3987212-001). It’s an electrum trite typically dated around 650 to 600 BC and catalogued as Weidenauer 4. 4. My questions are a) How was the coin made? Was the electrum poured from the right in the photo above, which accounts for the ‘dimple’? b) When the coin was punch marked, why didn’t the globe-like ‘obverse’ side flatten? c) And what accounts for ledge running from 3 to 6 o’clock on the obverse? 5. Here are a couple more (admittedly poor) photos showing the 'dimple', unflattened obverse and ledge. 6. My coin isn’t the only one with these traits. Here are three courtesy of CNG. (The first coin photographed below has the same punches as my coin and a bit of a dimple.) Any assistance is welcome! Thank you very much.
