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The grooves or lines on the edge of a coin are called "Milling" or "Reeding".
These days, it has a decorative function. In the old days, it was done to prevent "clipping", which is the shaving off of the precious metal used to make the coin.
Many countries produce coins with a "milled" or "reeded" edge.
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Which coins have edges?
All coins have edges.
Canyon is to what as valley is to gun?
A canyan is a deep valley often with grooved edges. A rifle is a gun with with a long barrel with grooved interior.
Do coins have edges?
Yes they do.
What does reeding mean in coins?
Reeding is the type of textured or grooved edges on some coins. U.S. dimes and quarters are reeded, but cents and nickels are not. The reason some coins have reeding is because when coins were made of precious metals like gold and silver, sometimes people would shave off a little of the coin to keep for themselves, to collect and sell at another time. By adding reeds, coins couldn't be altered without noticeable marks.
Why are there lines on the edges of coins?
1835 half anna
Why are some coins rifled?
The term for grooves on a coin's edge is reeding.Reeding was introduced to stop the practice of "shaving" coins back when they contained silver or gold. Crooks would use a knife or file to remove small amounts of metal from the edges of a lot of coins and then sell the shavings at a profit. If the edge is smooth it is much harder to detect shaving, so reeds were put on the edges to make it more obvious when someone had tampered with a coin.Today reeding isn't needed to prevent shaving, but it has become useful as a way for people who are blind to tell the difference between coins with similar diameters. For example, dimes and cents are almost alike in size but cents have smooth edges; same thing for quarters and dollars. Regarding euro, which has 8 regularly-circulating coins, unusual patterns are used to distinguish among coins that are otherwise essentially the same size. 50-eurocent coins have coarse reeding, €2 coins have fine reeding and €1 coins have "interrupted" reeding; i.e. there are alternate patterns of smooth and grooved sections along the edge.
Why did the Phoenician government require coins to be milled?
It prevented thieves from shaving off precious metal from around the edges of coins.
When did coin reeding first start?
Reeding the edges of coins began to prevent "shaving". Early coins were made from gold and silver and the grooves were added to stop people from filing down the edges to recover the precious metals. Reeded coins go as far back as the 1820's.
When was Grinnell Grooved Products created?
Grinnell Grooved Products was created in 1850.
Does this 2000 gold liberty coin have smooth edges?
Please stop by a bank and ask them for some other $1 coins. All "golden" dollars have smooth edges to make them more identifiable to people who are blind or have limited vision. The coins' smooth edges make it easier to tell them apart from quarters and half dollars when touched.
Why the soles of our shoes are grooved?
To provide better traction on soft surfaces.
How do you use grooved in a sentence?
the man walked down a dirt hill which was grooved... hope this helps :p
