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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3654180, member: 19165&quot;]Are you saying that the letters in the legend here are worn down, and not from a weak strike? This is really difficult to believe - the letters are protected in between the wing and the rims. To have that much wear on the letters, we&#039;d be looking at an F-12 coin - and the rims would be nearly worn away. No, this is absolutely do to a weakly hubbed die. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it like this - the high points on a coin are the low points in a die. If the coin isn&#039;t fully struck, the high points on the coin won&#039;t be fully realized. This is why details like the bell lines on the Franklin are important - they are among the high points, and thus won&#039;t be fully detailed on a weak strike. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, when a die is being hubbed, the exact opposite is true. The die is the inverse of the hub. So, if a die isn&#039;t hubbed properly, you&#039;ll see low point details missing (such as the letters or stars around the edges) won&#039;t be fully created. This is absolutely not due to wear on the coin (the level of wear on the rest of the coin just doesn&#039;t support this theory).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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