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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 4298756, member: 77814&quot;]In a very brief description.</p><p><br /></p><p>The die is a piece of metal.</p><p>The planchet is a piece of metal.</p><p>The die slams down on hundreds and thousands of these new pieces per minute.</p><p><br /></p><p>The die&#039;s detail - 90 degree angles for the words ,etc - the edges start Deteriorating .. and are no longer 90 degrees.&nbsp; They start elongating, wearing more and more and more as metal is slammed against metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep this in mind.&nbsp; The die&#039;s job is not to only Form Metal, but it has to MOVE metal around to fill in the spaces, the designs and everything.&nbsp; So it&#039;s not like stamping a metal into a curve.&nbsp; It squishes the metal so the metal Flows to areas of lower resistance which are the design details.&nbsp; So you have metal flowing by sheer pressure and speed which wear away at the die&#039;s delicate and small design characteristics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember the US MInt makes coinage for commerce.&nbsp; to be (a) identified as money; (b) make as FAST as possible, and (c) &quot;quantity&quot; is FAR more important than &quot;quality&quot;.&nbsp; But even as the die deteriorates the coins are still fully recognized as money for cashiers, vending machines ,etc so it serves their PRIMARY purpose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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