Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 68 | It is then View more quotes about placed">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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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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". |
| 1 | 69 | "Then it is an ancient coin?" I asked. |
| 1 | 70 | "That seems unlikely," he said. |
| 1 | 71 | "Yet the techniques used in striking this coin have not been used, as far as I know, for centuries". |
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"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".
"Then it is an ancient coin?" I asked.
"That seems unlikely," he said.
"Yet the techniques used in striking this coin have not been used, as far as I know, for centuries".
- (Kajira of Gor)