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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3564221, member: 85693&quot;]That&#039;s my problem - I don&#039;t really understand the &quot;pressing&quot; process.&nbsp; I was hoping somebody else would chime in. </p><p><br /></p><p>Taking a wild guess, I would say pressing involves machinery that applies an even pressure over the entire planchet, giving the coin an overall flat, even look that is not usually found in ancients (so that it looks more like a modern Jefferson nickel).&nbsp; If you pressed a coin without a collar, you would get the uneven edge with small &quot;splits&quot; that would give the appearance of an ancient coin - but the overall flat appearance would give it away.</p><p><br /></p><p>A struck coin involves a hammer and an anvil and a big muscular arm.&nbsp; The resulting coin tends to be more irregular.&nbsp; In my Censorinus underweight example above, the fact my coin is not flat is one of the reasons I suspect it might be genuine, or at least an ancient fake - the flan is thicker on one end than the other as well.&nbsp; It could be a modern struck fake - modern counterfeiters do strike coins sometimes.&nbsp; Or it could be cast, but then there tends to be an edge seam...</p><p><br /></p><p>But I am just guessing.&nbsp; I hope somebody wiser to the ways of making coins will weigh in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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