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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 4515787, member: 1765&quot;]Not really.&nbsp; There are records from San Francisco in 1878 about problems they were having with one employee not following instructions for properly hardening dies, resulting in dies that didn&#039;t last very long.&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to remember the entire story, but there was an experienced employee who was out sick at the time, so someone else couldn&#039;t be fired or they&#039;d be short-handed.&nbsp; I&#039;m messing this up.&nbsp; Anyway, drama, and this was at a facility that was equipped for and instructed in properly hardening the dies for use.&nbsp; A counterfeiter isn&#039;t going to be as careful or skilled, or would have the intelligence and wisdom of the average criminal, and would not get much use of the dies before they mushed.&nbsp; If a smart, capable counterfeiter got his hands on dies in transit, he&#039;d use them as master dies to make hubs, not coins, and end up with an more endless supply of working dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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