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Re: What caused the creation of these shiny marks on mint state mercury dimes?
In my opinion the shiny areas are caused by repeated travel of the feeding mechanism across the die face. Note that the feeding finger shown earlier in this thread (from my coin press) is the relatively new rotational ("turntable") feeding style. However, earlier coins stamped on Bliss and other similar presses were… -
Re: What caused the creation of these shiny marks on mint state mercury dimes?
But do planchets really slide across the anvil die? It was my understanding that the striking cycle was something like this: Dies squeeze coin in collar. Hammer die retracts. Anvil die pushes coin up out of collar. Feed fingers enter coining chamber, closed to hold new planchet; forward end of fingers knock just-struck…
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