The strips in the quilt resemble the side view of a stack of coins.
I sort of made that up but that's the way I've always thought of the design. ;-)
There are variations - the Chinese Coin, Roman Coin, Bars quilts. I think the distinction is if it's one solid stack of coins, or if the coins are broken up into little stacks.
...from
http://maryquilts.blogspot.com/2007/08/ugh.html
Here's one for $6800: :roll:
http://www.stellarubinantiques.com/i...737697sra.html