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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1825617, member: 19463&quot;]In many cases the reverse die was not nearly as well executed as the portrait.&nbsp; If I were running the mint, I would put my best die cutters on portraits and the beginners on reverses.&nbsp; As the dies began to wear out, the mint would be more likely to get complaints from above if the emperor looked bad so I&#039;d suspect the pressure to replace reverses was less.&nbsp; Dies that were used in the top position are known to have worn more quickly and produced fewer coins than the lower, anvil dies so the more precious portrait dies were generally used on the bottom.&nbsp; Finally, if a blank was too thin to provide enough metal to both sides of the design, the shallower reverse seems to show the problem worse.&nbsp; In extreme cases, there is a complete blank space opposite the head where the strike was too weak to push metal into both sides. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mat: Great improvement.&nbsp; New photos are cheaper than new coins but these really make the silvers look like great coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure what to suggest for the Constans but believ wiggling the coin and adjusting the lights for a few more trial and error sessions might improve it some more.&nbsp; That coin has a more challenging type of surface.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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