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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 9312332, member: 19165&quot;]You are thinking about this from the perspective of very modern technology.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about the technology that was probably used to create these tokens. The US mint itself had only just started to use a closed collar in 1836. It is highly unlikely that a token maker setting up private shop had a steam press or a closed collar. This was almost certainly made using a screw press - individually. No ejection from the dies. No collars to clash. No machine removing the tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story about the dude who (most likely) made this is pretty interesting. You can read it here: <a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/514022?page=19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/514022?page=19" rel="nofollow">https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/514022?page=19</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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