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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Islandboy, post: 488808, member: 16609&quot;]<b>&#039;Atocha&#039; Silver Coin Reversal Technique Explained</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An update concerning &#039;Atocha&#039; silver coin reversals:&nbsp; Dan at&nbsp; Sedwickcoins emailed me to say &quot;The point is that almost all dies were made by &quot;punching&quot; the elements into the dies, and in this particular period the die-engraver was in the habit of applying the punches in transposed positions (like in the shield and cross) but also he crafted at least some of the punches themselves backwards (like the backwards P&#039;s). In fact it is the idosyncrasies of die-punching that make it possible to link different coins struck from the same dies despite doubling and weakness that would otherwise make it impossible to tell.&quot;:thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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