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[fox-and-the-hound]

I'm curious about the depth of recession of metal in coins being minted. It seems that some of the older designs had much deeper and more dynamic depth and that newer coins seem to be very shallow in differences of depth in multi-layered designs. Has anyone else noticed this trend? Does anyone have a solution or know of a method that overcomes this? Raised metals don't seem to be a problem, just stamped metals.
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[Crowesfeat30]

Can you cite a specific example of an old coin vs a new coin demonstrating this problem so I can see exactly what you're talking about, please?

CF30
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[fox-and-the-hound]

I'll try and find some good specific examples. I just noticed as I was moving some of my older coins around to make room for some newer designs last night that my older designs seemed to have more depth and newer ones with the same number of layers seemed to lack the depth. I'm wondering if increased detail makes it harder on the minting presses to achieve the same depth.
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[E&Cplus3]

I just had a look at my Afghanistan coin which is recessed around the 3d map of the country. I'd say it is barely 1/64" recession. Then I look at the Washington 2005, and even though it is covered in epoxy making it harder to tell, I'd say the recession is nearly 1/16".
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