The Rim Should Have Some Bite To It

itsnotjustme

In trying to reduce the weight & volumn of my coin habit, I just searched 6 rolld of state quarters for high grades or blatent errors. 1 OH-D, 4 KY-D, & 1 TN-D. All of these were the bank wrapped in shrinkwrap variety rolls that I've already found rarely contain nice grade coins. Nooedless to say, all six rolls are now in my spare change jar.

What struck me were the rims. The reeding felt nearly smooth already. Many previous times when I've picked up a modern mint coin, the rims has some bite to them. The reeding was almost sharp at the top, and you felt the grip it gave as you picked them up. Correspondingly, many strikes were weak. On most of the KY coins, the entire word united was in low relief. On the TN coins, it was the word quarter that showed the weakness.

I wan't to find some rolls with bite, not that bite!

gemseeker

Sounds like the mint wants to leave a "deep impression" on the purchasers of the coins.

wingedliberty

Check to see if they are partial collars?

Dog97

Maybe the designs were wearing the dies too fast so the die setters at the Mint reduced the striking ptressure to prolong die life.

66Tbird

I've noticed the same thing about the rims. A well struck one will all most stick to your fingers it's so fine and sharp. What is cool is when you get a bag that's about a 1/5 super sharp strikes, then it's a matter of odds in finding dingless examples.

Bear

Perhaps the US Mint should consider going to the Franklin Mint, to provide Vegas style chips
instead of dead president coinage. Because if our mint reduces the stamping pressure on coins much further,
all we will be getting will be an almost blank planchent, but with an enormous number of them.