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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topcat7, post: 2442926, member: 73372&quot;]I read the reference that was put up . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and in it I found</p><p><b>Dimples were created before striking </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I disagree with this, (not with Doug, but with the hypothesis in the article), on the basis that if the &#039;dimples&#039; were created prior to &#039;striking&#039; then the &#039;relief&#039; of the coin design would be apparent on the raised edge of the &#039;dimple&#039;, which (after examining many photographs), I cannot find any evidence of.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion, but in most examples, that I have looked at, the raised edge of the &#039;dimple&#039; does not carry any (significant) evidence of the coin relief, which you would expect to find if the dimple was created prior to the &#039;strike&#039;..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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