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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2309297, member: 15929&quot;]Right.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the exception of the fact that &quot;grease&quot; is a relative term since we know that the stuff which fills dies has been compacted enough times and with enough force to actually make impression on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, &quot;dropped Letters&quot; are not really dropped letter as much as they are this &quot;stuff&quot; which has filled a dies letters and then broken free thereby creating in impression of a letter on a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Terminology within numismatics should not be taken literally without some understanding of the forces and processes which occur during the minting process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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