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Bad Strike, Worn dies, or just wear?

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Simon:
So this coin is due to wear? I thought that this might have been done with water wear, one drip at a time on the Saint George face. The other side seems perfect.

Robert_Brenchley:
There is another form of weak strike I see fairly often, when the force hasn't quite been enough to fill the dies. One face will be well struck, the other will have a flat area in the middle somewhere, in the area where the relief is highest.

curtislclay:
    The weakly struck face on the rev. corresponds to the weakly struck bust details on the obverse at 6-8 o'cl.: these two areas of the designs must lie directly opposite one another, separated only by the thickness of the flan, on the two faces of the coin.
     In contrast the sharply struck face on the obv. corresponds to the sharply struck bust detail on the reverse, for the same reason:  that edge of the flan was more forcefully struck.

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