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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1285277, member: 26302&quot;]I will work on getting photos for you Doug. He even had double struck obverse and reverse coins, the reverse being the most common. The hammer would move between double strikes, making the reverse double struck. The obverse could happen if the flan stuck to the hammer.</p><p><br /></p><p>This has been discussed on Moneta as well, and I do not remember uniform agreement with Mr. Bendell&#039;s theory. I like Mr. Bendell&#039;s books a lot, I own all of his publications, I am just unsure his theory in this regard is true. Basically I see nearly every characteristic as being replicatable in a flat striking situation. Based on the millions upon millions of these coins minted, I simply would believe that the easiest form of minting would be preferred. I never claimed that the minter failing to recreate curve die minting proved anything, I am simply saying his easy method recreates the look, feel, and even the &quot;soft spot&quot; in the center of the curved coin perfectly. Do you have an explanation for why many of these coins will be fully struck yet have a punch mark or extreme weak spot in the very middle of the incused side?</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw Doug, I like that we disagree on this point. Makes for a good discussion, and hopefully I will learn something. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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