In my opinion, the consistent surface appearance of all the coins, coupled with the overall lack of evidence of a struck origin (e.g. variability of strike,
soft strike, centering variation, progressive die wear, double strikes) is consistent with a pressed rather than struck origin. Also on some examples metal slippage under slow building pressing load is evident, particular on the dotted borders.
Most fake dies are made from relatively soft and and often fragile alloys which are easy to manipulate. Many transfer dies are simply a thin sheet of
alloy backed by a more robust
alloy stump and they wouldn't stand up to the stress of striking for more than one or two hammer blows. Pressing extends fake die life compared to striking.
The fakers who use pressing are playing a volume game. Those who strike coins tend to focus on higher value
rarities and the name of the game for them is a high margin from a low volume.
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