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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2974705, member: 66&quot;]A &quot;flat die&quot; is exactly what it sounds like.&nbsp; A die body that has had the face or striking surface either ground off flat, or removed to a flat surface with a lathe.&nbsp; It would look similar to the dies you used to see in the US Mints state quarter coin and die sets.&nbsp; You would use something like that if you were deliberately striking something intended to one sided such a metal decoration intending to mounted so only one side would be seen.&nbsp; The only such dies in use at the mint would be those used to strike decorations (small medals suspended from ribbons) for the military.&nbsp; Die bodies used for coins never have flat striking faces. Even before hubbing they are turned in a lathe to have a slight conical face.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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