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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValpoBeginner, post: 2842564, member: 77066&quot;]Okay here is the way I understand it... It may not be fully accurate... but here goes. And please, anyone,&nbsp; correct me if I&#039;m wrong. </p><p><br /></p><p>First a Galvano is made out of clay by the artist. Then one master hub is made by reducing the galvanos large size..... </p><p>&nbsp;the master Hub is the piece of Steel that is the actual size of the coin that is reduced from the galvano. It has the same positive image that the coin will eventually have on its surface and is hardened so that it will be able to make many dies. The master Hub is then pressed into die Steel to make the actual master dies (dies have the reverse or negative of the coins image).&nbsp;&nbsp; The master die is then used to make several working hubs.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The working hubs are then used to create working dies that actually strike the coins. It is from these working hubs and dies that variations tend to be put into the coins. Some hubs and dies are retooled due to breaks and I believe this is one way that doubled dies and other variations are produced en mass.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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