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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 357457, member: 112&quot;]Frank - I used to collect hammered coinage. And never, ever, have I seen, read or even heard of such a thing. With hammered coinage, 1 single planchet was placed on the anvil die which was stuck in a block of wood, then the hammer die was placed on top of the planchet and the hammer die was struck with a hammer. This was the method used from the time of the Lydians, 700 BC, until 1643 when the French originated milled coinage. Or they were made with roller dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have literally dozens and dozens of books on hammered coinage, and every single one of them describes the very same method I mention above. And I used to own a great many hammered coins dating back to the 1300&#039;s - not a one of them was ever made in the manner you describe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have no doubt that the coin you examined was perhaps made that way. Or perhaps it was just a very poor casting that looked like it was made that way. But hammered coinage in general was not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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