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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2947831, member: 24314&quot;]Thanks, never gave this any thought.&nbsp; I don&#039;t &quot;buy&quot; the <b>rocked strike</b> theory.&nbsp; But that is just a truly uninformed opinion.&nbsp;&nbsp; Something the researchers should be looking for are as stated, double strikes AND shelf doubling where the design is pushed over.&nbsp; Both these characteristics are often present on these coins. A simple but costly (?) experiment could be done to match the characteristics. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another thought, Byzantine coins are counterfeited.&nbsp; I confess to never seeing a cupped shaped fake but they must be around.&nbsp; If true, we can find out how the genuine coins were probably made by learning from the modern folks striking them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caesar_Augustus, posted: &quot;I never would have thought that they used concave and convex dies to strike them. I always thought it was just regular dies on concave blanks.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Think that out.&nbsp; What would happen to a curved planchet struck between two flat dies?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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