Raised Ground / Flat Ground

Hello

Does anyone have the story behind why they didn't do the raised ground for all the Buffalos and switched to flat ground?

Inquiring minds you know.

R/Chuck

chuxway

Hello

 

Does anyone have the story behind why they didn't do the raised ground for all the Buffalos and switched to flat ground?

 

Inquiring minds you know.

 

R/Chuck

The “FIVE CENTS” on the raised ground wore out quickly while in circulation.

The Standing Liberty quarter had a similar issue with its date area, this was fixed for 1925.

Thank you

It strikes me that they wanted to keep the FIVE CENTS intact so they employed a design that easily wore out the date . Which I guess if you needed the date or the amount , the amount would be more important.  I guess hind sight is 20 20, and I probably shouldn't pick on our forefathers (or mothers) in making such design decisions at that time with the resources they had …or didn't have.

R/Chuck

TheGame

The Standing Liberty quarter had a similar issue with its date area, this was fixed for 1925.

Yes I've noticed the dates on those are a little dicey…

Abd the mound type tended to jam the Coke machines.