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 RobertSenior Member
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 DanesterAdvanced Member
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:48 pm |
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Are there any Ancient Doubled Die Coins? I guess you'd need a "two whack" system to have any. Or, maybe they went with the "single whack" method.
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 eagamesExpert Member
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Would a double whack be a double strike? I'm guessing maybe they cut the dies by hand?
I know some old coins were made using screw presses so they wouldn't even get a double strike unless it was un-screwed and then re-screwed! LOL 
We'll have to ask Fred Flintstone if he had a pal at the bedrock mint that can tell us. 
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 DickExpert Member
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As I recall, newspapers were made by "screwed" presses, and there were many "doubled" letters. The "un-screwed", and "re-screwed" terms seem to be very familiar. Before I started working, and earning money, I was "un-screwed". After I paid my taxes, I was "screwed" Then when I earned more money, guess what? IRS comes back and I'm re-screwed!
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DanesterAdvanced Member
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:17 pm |
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I think any type of coin press came long after the frist Ancient Coins (Greek and Roman) made by the whack of a hammer.
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 RhubarbSenior Member
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:34 pm |
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| Dick wrote: |
As I recall, newspapers were made by "screwed" presses, and there were many "doubled" letters. The "un-screwed", and "re-screwed" terms seem to be very familiar. Before I started working, and earning money, I was "un-screwed". After I paid my taxes, I was "screwed" Then when I earned more money, guess what? IRS comes back and I'm re-screwed!
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Dick,
How very true.
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eagamesExpert Member
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No wonder most of those Roman coins are off centered, that hammer operator could make each coin a little different.
I wonder with Roman coins how they made dies, they often made the same designs in several different mints in different countries but the designs look very close. The die makers must have been very skilled.
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