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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1806600, member: 112&quot;]I would add that there&#039;s a bit more to the difference between milled coins and hammered coins than just the striking method. The entire process is different.</p><p><br /></p><p>With hammered everything was done by hand, including the making of the planchets. Hammered planchets were the same consistent weight (after trimming) but rarely round and rarely the same size diameter or thickness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Milled planchets were made by machine, they were the same consistent weight, they were always round, and the same consistent diameter and thickness. And the milled coins had reeded or lettered edges to prevent and put a stop to clipping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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