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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 24476, member: 1101&quot;]The Mint does not (and should not) design circulating coinage designed based on what collectors would find convenient.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, as coin design relief gets lowered, it is necessary to add more detail in order for people to tell what the design is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at a nickel from the early 60s, and compare it to one from today.&nbsp; The older coin has much softer details on the portrait, but the relief is much higher.&nbsp; On the newer coin the portrait barely raises off the surface of the coin, and there are more hair lines, etc. to help keep the thing identifiable as Jefferson.&nbsp; The quarter shows a similar situation.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for full steps, that is a slightly different issue, but in any case the design is chosen, then made into coins&nbsp; As dies wear, details get fuzzy.&nbsp; This is a fact of life (except for mints that have a higher standard of quality).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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