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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3532934, member: 66"]Yes the "thick" one does have a finned rim, but that is NOT why it looks "thick". It would look thick even if it didn't have a finned rim. The key is the edge is fully struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the top coin in the first picture the edge and rims are fully formed and the reeding goes all the way from one rim to the other. On the lower coin the edge is NOT fully struck up. It only made contact with the collar in the center area of the edge, and you can see how the metal of the edge then bevels from the reeded portion to where the rim is forming (both obv and rev rims). This gives a reeded edge that is only about half as thick as the upper coin. That makes the upper coin appear "thick". With todays high speed presses edges like the lower coin are not unusual but fully formed ones like the upper coin are and we notice the "unusually thick coin".</p><p><br /></p><p>The upper coin is what they should be, the lower coin is what most are, to varying degrees.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3532934, member: 66"]Yes the "thick" one does have a finned rim, but that is NOT why it looks "thick". It would look thick even if it didn't have a finned rim. The key is the edge is fully struck. On the top coin in the first picture the edge and rims are fully formed and the reeding goes all the way from one rim to the other. On the lower coin the edge is NOT fully struck up. It only made contact with the collar in the center area of the edge, and you can see how the metal of the edge then bevels from the reeded portion to where the rim is forming (both obv and rev rims). This gives a reeded edge that is only about half as thick as the upper coin. That makes the upper coin appear "thick". With todays high speed presses edges like the lower coin are not unusual but fully formed ones like the upper coin are and we notice the "unusually thick coin". The upper coin is what they should be, the lower coin is what most are, to varying degrees.[/QUOTE]
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