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How common (if at all) are one sided strikes on 30's Canadian silver dollars? 37 in this case.
Someone called me on this particular coin but I haven't seen it yet (will shortly). My initial thought is that what I'm going to see is a ground down unfinished love token project. Anyone aware of existence of any single sided strikes? Edited by TheCoinHunter
04/15/2014 5:49 pm
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United States
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Single-sided strikes are impossible. When minting coins, you need both the anvil & hammer dies to press the planchet between. I believe you will find exactly what you're thinking... PMD |
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One sided trial strikes do exist. Quite few East German trials were struck that way. Some others as well. Although I would probably agree in this particular case of PMD. |
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Canada
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What about a die cap or two blank planchets being fed simultaneously? Both situations can produce uniface coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have a feeling of PMD, the surface and weight should reveal all, please give us a weight and pic of the coin before you puchas it(if you do.) This should be interesting Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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you could have a cool brokerage, hope to see a pic
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Might be a lathe job or jewelery coin  |
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 Australia
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One sided trial strikes do exist. Quite few East German trials were struck that way. East German uniface trial strike. Technically, these aren't "one-sided strikes" since, as Dave H pointed out, you need something behind the coin in order to create the pressure to strike the coin. A genuinely uniface coin such as this needs a specially-made blank die to go into the press. The blank die will usually impart a rim of some kind. The East German mint seems to have had this done as standard practice, for NCLT at least; most other mints (including the RCM) do not. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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True, but otrain also makes good point. Albeit unlikely, I wouldn't call it "impossible".
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Posted 04/15/2014 7:02 pm
