Tools of the coin Counterfeiter - NumisMaster
Jul 16
The term “soft dies” seems almost to be an oxymoron, since dies have to be hard in order to shape or form the material that the dies are used on. Actually, the term is not used in the normal course of events producing a struck coin. A soft die is one of the common tools of the counterfeiter.
The average collector or dealer is not likely to run across the term, certainly less likely than two or three decades ago when the detection of fake and altered coins seemed to be still in its infancy.
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