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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3950057, member: 68&quot;]Often the rims are higher than the design.&nbsp; Coins have rims so they&#039;ll stack and if the designs were higher the stacks would lean.&nbsp; You can tell if a specific coin has rims higher than the design by tipping it between your eye and a light source.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Rims also protect the design from wear as they must wear down before the design starts wearing down.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;85 dimes have lower rims than most other dates and they often are less well struck.&nbsp; Off center strikes are also common for the date.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The highest point isn&#039;t necessarily the first to come into contact or become scratched since the coin and the object scratching it can have any number of orientations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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