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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2466559, member: 4781&quot;]Some would consider the &quot;1975&quot; quarter, half dollar, and dollar over-strikes to be &quot;modern&quot; coin types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anything created on a reduction lathe (or similar modern CNC) is not going to have quite the same sharpness of detail as an earlier die created by punching-in the various design elements individually. The Peace Dollar design is generally &quot;soft&quot; and rounded, for example. The master hubs for those were created via reduction lathe from a sculpt that was also somewhat soft and rounded.</p><p><br /></p><p>But modern Silver Eagles, although &quot;sterile&quot; in comparison, do have much more fine detail and sharpness than the original Walking Liberty half dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>There has been much discussion about the lack of detail (no split bands) on the US Mint&#039;s new gold Winged Liberty head dimes. The Mint even issued a statement to the effect that the modern technology was not conducive to that type of detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it is actually possible, as demonstrated by my recent over-strikes:</p><p><img src="http://www.designscomputed.com/coin_pics/mm_merc_10_1933d_ms_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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