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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2552547, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">THANKS for reply...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 89, 179)">True enough</span> and I stated that.&nbsp; Over quite a few decades, it&#039;s possible that I&#039;ve closely examined quite a few ancients (counterfeit &amp; genuine) using a stereo microscope.&nbsp; During that time, I have seen very, very many counterfeit silver ancients that have an edge seam or one that has been obliterated fully or in part.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I became very curious and excited to see a <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">genuine</span> SILVER ancient with a casting seam on its edge!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I was under the impression that the flans were lumps of softened metal that were put between the dies and struck. I don&#039;t consider molten metal poured into a single-sided mould with flan size holes or a hand-held (lead bullet-type) mould to be a casting but that is the correct technical term.&nbsp; Nevertheless, while this method may produce a &quot;true&quot; edge seam in cases where the &quot;pour&quot; overflowed (probably quite common), any edge seam appears to disappear on the struck coin or it only produces a &quot;sprue-like flat&quot; that may appear as a raised &quot;relic&quot; on the edge.&nbsp; IMO, it looks nothing like an edge seam.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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