Posted By:
Gilbert MainesJamie:
There was a progression in the manufacturing process applied to coins which included an original approach of hand engraving each die, which subsequently evolved, with metallurgical awareness, into a process which utilized an engraved master hub as the source for die cutting.
I believe that this history may also apply to the technical progression associated with printing as well. But I do not know. However, I do note the following commentary "Allen & Ginters, Buchner Gold Coin, Goodwin Champions and cartoon trade cards were 'handmade' lithographs. Handmade means the designs were made directly onto the printing plate by an artist using special hand held tools".
This has been excerpted from the new Net54 "detecting ..." resource. It is possible that your 1912 reference material refers to technology and approaches which existed at that time, but may not have existed throughout the preceeding card manufacturing era.