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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1185356, member: 30400&quot;]I prefer wire rim or edge and not fin. But the term has been used to describe a wire edge, perhaps too loosely. I don&#039;t get worked up about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for whether the wire rim of the St. Gaudens have that edge by design or not, you might read up on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">The Wire Rim and Flat Rim Double Eagle varieties resulted from the use of different collars. in the case of the Wire Rim variety, the collar was not sufficiently tight and the pressure of the repeated blows forced metal up where the edge of the coin meets the collar to form a very thin wire rim.&quot; <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=6271&amp;universeid=313&amp;type=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=6271&amp;universeid=313&amp;type=1" rel="nofollow">PCGS Coinfacts</a></font>[/FONT]</font>[/FONT]</font>[/FONT]</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<font size="2">There are two varieties, the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; flat rim and the knife-rim, which are also called the flat&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; edge and the wire edge double eagle. The “wire edge”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is actually a rim or flange around half or more of one or&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; both sides of the coin. It was made when metal was squeezed&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; between the collar and the die. Most researchers believe that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the flange was made unintentionally since it caused problems&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in ejecting the coins as they were struck.&quot; <a href="http://www.usrarecoininvestments.com/coin_info/double_eagles/1907_high_relief.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usrarecoininvestments.com/coin_info/double_eagles/1907_high_relief.htm" rel="nofollow">US Rare Coin Investments</a></font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font>&quot;A so called Wire Rim protruded around the outer extremity in the coins, which resulted from excessive metal flow between the die face and collar during the striking process. Unlike today’s collectors who consider the Wire Rim to be a highly collectible variety, Mint officials considered it to be a striking deficiency. This &quot;flaw” in the striking process was corrected around mid-December, and subsequent High Relief double eagles possessed what became known as a Flat Rim.&quot; <a href="http://www.parkavenumis.com/Coins/highlights/1907-20-st-gaudens-high-relief-wire-rim-ms69-pcgs-cac/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parkavenumis.com/Coins/highlights/1907-20-st-gaudens-high-relief-wire-rim-ms69-pcgs-cac/" rel="nofollow">Park Ave Numismatics</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Lance.</p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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