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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4366766, member: 105571&quot;]Is it not true that once coin design and minting basics stabilized by the mid-1830s with the closed-collar process a major design criterion was that coins be stackable - a requirement of the banks and commerce?&nbsp; For all coins, that meant the upset rim was the high point so that each coin would rest rim-to-rim upon the one below it.&nbsp; For the Indian Head quarter and half eagles sans an upset rim, that meant each coin rested upon the fields of the adjacent coin, contributing to the marks we see in these areas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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