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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 425873, member: 112&quot;]Now think about that for a minute Mark, if the point of the star is higher than the field, how can a weak strike make the point longer or draw it closer to the edge ? Remember, the point is a depression in the die that fills with metal as it is struck. So a weak strike would cause less of a long point.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing that can make the points draw towards the edge is if the that depression in the die grows longer. And about the only thing that can cause that original depression to change or grow larger is if the die chips at that point or metal flow pushing to fill the depression after repeated strikes begins to stretch that star point out longer than it was to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is metal flow that does it. And the reason it&#039;s only the star points close to the edge is because the metal flows from central part of the planchet to the outer edge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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