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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (70870)	12/31/2008 4:54:07 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) of 74559

>>Somebody melted it and cast it into those coins<< Mq, I think that deserves an "olive man" digression. Rather than being cast directly from molten metal, ancient coins were normally created in a multi-step process. First, round metal blanks were produced by methods like stamping them out of flat sheet metal, or by casting molten metal into pellets which were then hammered flat. Then the coins were minted by stamping the metal blanks between two metal dies. That explains why most ancient coins have such ragged edges and offset centers, with no two coins exactly alike... The obverse and reverse of an Athenian tetradrachm from c. 490 BCE.* For further background, see... Experiments in Ancient Roman Coin Minting archaeologystudent.com *Tier 3 olive men (You talk about a Greek salad the guy come back discussing the olive) Black Swan Snowshoe See: Message 24381546 snowshoe@oliveman.com

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