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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 8049920, member: 20480&quot;]Likewise, I have my doubts as to this being struck from CNC-milled dies. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know that machinists would be in my ear 24 hours a day about tool and program changes to execute such fine detail and relief work on the dies.&nbsp; I think one reason so many modern coins are much less sophisticated in design than the Seated Liberty design is to limit the number of depths of cutting path and tool changes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, scanning the deepest, narrowest recesses in the Seated Liberty design is another challenge not easily overcome, even before attempting to machine the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying it cannot be done, however, someone with the level of sophistication required to pull this off would probably not overlook the need to use a genuine rare coin to do so, rather than bringing together dies made from different years that could more easily be spotted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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