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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jgenn, post: 3128533, member: 78525&quot;]Thanks [USER=42034]@Gallienus[/USER].&nbsp; From photos of obverse and reverse I can see many examples with wavy rims similar to what you see with the older pillar dollar issues from the Spanish American mints.&nbsp; I&#039;m curious if the edge design is also the same and I wonder why that is so since the Potosi mint had been producing issues with the square and circle motif that had become the standard in 1772.&nbsp; The mint staff employed by the Spanish had to retreat in the face of revolutionaries taking Potosi in 1813 and 1815. It would make sense that they took their dies with them when they evacuated the mint, including the edging dies, to prevent counterfeits from being issued. It&#039;s plausible that they left behind some older, out-of-date material that the die makers employed by the revolutionaries reused.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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