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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1915791, member: 19423&quot;]I believe that I have read some criticism of the designs relating to stacking being a problem, but I have never found that to be the case.&nbsp; They stack fairly well and just about as well as any other coins in my experience.&nbsp; However, when stacking these the fields of each coin are pressed right up against each other and that contact causes marks.&nbsp; The repeated stacking of these coins is one of the reasons you see the fields often marked up and one of the reasons that very high grade examples are extremely rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>When thinking of these coins, one must remember that the coins that had mintmarks actually had the mintmark raised up above the field of the coin.&nbsp; Accordingly, the mintmark was one of the first parts of the coin to wear.&nbsp; I guess if you had a stack of these coins, all with mintmarks, it&#039;s possible that the raised up mintmarks may affect the stack of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>When reading about the incuse gold designs, another contemporary criticism that comes up often relates to possible health risks of the new coins.&nbsp; Some believed that the incused design would trap dirt and germs much more so than traditional coins and have the potential to spread disease when used in commerce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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