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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3388384, member: 112&quot;]I know that most everything anyone can read says that. But actually, it moves in the opposite direction, from the outer edges towards the center - not away from the center.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it for a second, before a planchet is struck it&#039;s basically flat. And rim is upset so there will be enough metal there to form the rim. But where is the largest device on most coins ? Where does most of the metal from the planchet have to flow to form that device ?</p><p><br /></p><p>The largest device is almost almost always in the center of the coin. This dictates that most of the metal therefore has to flow from the outer areas of the planchet into the center - otherwise that device could never even be formed.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you are correct in everything else you said. The lines that we see are formed by the metal repeatedly flowing across the die thus creating die wear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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