Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 65 | "Do you see how the design is View more quotes about slightly">slightly off center?" "Yes," I said. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 62 | It is not the product, for example, of a high-speed, automated coin press". |
| 1 | 63 | "I do not understand," I said. |
| 1 | 64 | "It has been struck by hand," he said. |
| 1 | 65 | "Do you see how the design is slightly off center?" "Yes," I said. |
| 1 | 66 | "That is a feature almost invariably present in ancient coins," he said. |
| 1 | 67 | "The planchet is warmed, to soften the metal. |
| 1 | 68 | It is then placed between the dies and the die cap is then struck, literally, with a hammer, impressing the design of the obverse and reverse simultaneously into the planchet". |
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It is not the product, for example, of a high-speed, automated coin press".
"I do not understand," I said.
"It has been struck by hand," he said.
"Do you see how the design is slightly off center?" "Yes," I said.
"That is a feature almost invariably present in ancient coins," he said.
"The planchet is warmed, to soften the metal.
It is then placed between the dies and the die cap is then struck, literally, with a hammer, impressing the design of the obverse and reverse simultaneously into the planchet".
- (Kajira of Gor)