Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-107.203.182.236-20130623215405/@comment-4057437-20130624031406

On your next play-through, hit the button to pick up the stone multiple times as fast as you can. Sometimes you will get credit for getting more than one. (It won't show up perfectly accurately in the inventory, but it will count.)

We have a character that has finished the crown and still has a stone in Proudspire and the Archmage's quarters, plus a couple in storage. (They act like paintbrushes do in Oblivion, they hang in the air when dropped, and yes, you can jump up on them.)