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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 5330712, member: 112&quot;]There&#039;s really nothing else TO SEE about the striking process beyond what is shown and explained in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>The basic striking process of coins has remained the same for 2,000 plus years. It started with dies almost identical to these from 1560 -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225421[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The hammer die is on top, anvil die on the bottom. The anvil die was set in a block of wood, (that&#039;s what the spike is for), a planchet placed on top of it by hand, the hammer die held by hand and struck with a hammer by hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only changes since the beginning are the various machines they came up with to replace human hands. Other than that and a few minor changes like collars the process is essentially still the same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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