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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2467498, member: 4781&quot;]It is my opinion that the reason the US Mint gold dimes don&#039;t have &quot;full bands&quot; is because they were not included in the original sculpt for the coin. So from the master hubs all the way down to the struck coins, they do not have full bands. That detail simply isn&#039;t in the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the question is, why were full bands not part of the sculpt ?</p><p>That I do not know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold is a strange metal to strike, actually. It is soft, of course, compared to most other metals. But even soft metals don&#039;t really &quot;flow&quot;. &quot;Metal flow&quot; is a term that has been around numismatics for a long time. But I think it is not really an accurate term. Metal doesn&#039;t really &quot;flow&quot; so much as it <i>bends</i>. Striking a coin results in small areas of metal bending to fill the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>But with sufficient striking force, I believe it would be possible to produce fully split bands on a 1/10-troy-oz gold piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>I may try over-striking some US Mint gold dimes at some point. No specific plans as of yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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