Crossposted at Dailykos.com Throughout their history, coins have been made using the same basic processes; only the technology to apply these processes has improved. Basically, there are the following steps: design, die making, blank preparation, actual coining, and inspection. In the first coins, dies were engraved by hand, often by the designer. A blank (a [...]
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Crossposted at Dailykos.com “The only bad coin is one I don’t have” (Translator, 2008). Actually, that is not really true. There are good and bad coins. The properties that constitute “goodness” differ depending on whether a coin is intended for circulation or for commemorative or bullion use. However, some of these characteristics are common to [...]
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