Both start out as the same struck piece of metal. A soft enamel pin then gets colored enamel paint filled into the recessed areas of the design, with the raised metal lines standing above the color. A die struck pin stops before that step and stays bare metal, finished only with plating.
That makes die struck the more formal and usually the least expensive of the two, and the faster of the two to produce. Choose soft enamel when the artwork needs color, and die struck when you want the design carried by polished or antique metal alone.
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