Die Boxes, Workstations, Graph Theory and Die Charts
Numismatic handbooks often explain die studies with an image. The neat die chart, with no crossing lines, is explained by the fact that dies were used to exhaustion and then replaced, in one single sequence. Anyone with a little experience of die studies, however, knows that die charts very rarely o...
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| Published in | Numismatic chronicle (1966) Vol. 182; p. 1 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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London
Royal Numismatic Society
01.01.2022
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| Summary: | Numismatic handbooks often explain die studies with an image. The neat die chart, with no crossing lines, is explained by the fact that dies were used to exhaustion and then replaced, in one single sequence. Anyone with a little experience of die studies, however, knows that die charts very rarely occur in this form. It is far more common that they involve crossed lines, which are normally explained either by the operation of multiple workstations in parallel, or the existence of a die box, by which multiple dies were made available for use at any one time. Which of these explanations is accepted has potentially important ramifications for our understanding of the coinage in question, particularly regarding the intensity of production. Multiple workstations allow for the production of the same volume of coinage in a shorter time period, a benefit that does not accrue from the use of a die box. |
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| ISSN: | 0078-2696 2054-9202 |