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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 376658, member: 112&quot;]Ryan - the rims can only be so tall. The reason for that is because the rims are formed by the collar when the coin is struck. The collar looks a lot like a squared off C - the collar closes around the edge of the planchet and when the coin is struck the metal from the field areas flows into the collar and fills it. But once it is filled, that&#039;s it. So it can only be so tall. </p><p><br /></p><p>But on on weakly struck coins the collar may not be filled all the way and thus it may appear that the rims are not as tall as on a well struck example. But that isn&#039;t because the rim is taller, it is because the fields on well struck examples are lower in relation to the top of the rim. </p><p><br /></p><p>The same thing applies in the horizontal direction of the rim as it does in the vertical direction of the rim. The rim can only be as tall and as wide as the collar allows it to be. So on weakly struck coins the rim may appear to be shorter and narrower than on well struck examples. That&#039;s all it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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