Shave Off Some Money
Have you ever noticed that quarters and dimes feature rough, ridged edges, while pennies have smooth edges? The reason for this dates back to days when all the coins edges were smooth. People would shave off small bits of the coins.
Shave Off Some Money
They would then melt the shaved bits together and create new coins, devaluing the original coins altogether. For that reason, coin minters decided to add distinct edges to the higher valued coins in order to help prevent this from happening.
College Ruled
Although we now spend most of our time writing (or should we say typing) virtually, without any paper at all, there are still many places where a good old pen and paper are used. This is especially the case when it comes to students and their notebooks.
College Ruled
So why do they include smaller margins? The margins original purpose was to avoid losing precious work from rats that chewed on the paper’s edges. By now, this is no longer an issues, so “college ruled” paper gives you more space to write.