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    Reeding (redirect from Reeded edge)
    castaing machine. In numismatics, reeded edges are often referred to as "ridged" or "grooved" (American usage), or "milled" (British usage). Some coins, such...
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    their thaler size silver coins are widely known as Spanish Milled Dollars. The Spanish Milled Dollar, and its successor the Mexican Peso, were widely used...
    12 KB (1,479 words) - 07:18, 26 January 2024
  • $10 coin has an alternate plain and milled edge. The $5 coin has a milled edge. A groove running within the milled edging contains raised English and Chinese...
    13 KB (1,045 words) - 06:50, 13 May 2024
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    "grooved" (US usage), or "milled" (UK usage). Some coins, such as United States quarters and dimes, have reeded edges. Reeding of edges was introduced to prevent...
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    The edge was milled to deter clipping or filing, and to distinguish it from the silver half-crown which had edge lettering. Until 1669 the milling was...
    24 KB (3,343 words) - 19:15, 24 May 2024
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    An edge mill is a mill used for crushing or grinding in which stones roll around on their edges on a level circular bed. They were developed in China in...
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  • meaning An Ornament and a Safeguard. (The phrase also appears around the milled edge of certain pound coins.) The company's Master is Simon Wilkinson, who...
    2 KB (203 words) - 14:28, 9 October 2023
  • discovery of the Chatham Islands. Both the $5 and the $50 coins have milled edges. The hologram is a very good security device, as it prevents forgery...
    13 KB (1,823 words) - 17:55, 28 April 2024
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    considered too thin to have an edge inscription like the larger contemporary Five Guineas coin, but still required a milled edge to deter counterfeiters from...
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  • after 1662 were protected from clipping by an engraved, decorated and milled edge, they were instead forged, both by casting from counterfeit moulds and...
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    edge was milled to deter clipping or filing—in 1669 the milling was perpendicular to the coin, giving vertical grooves, while from 1670 the milling was...
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    further discouraged (and largely eliminated) with the introduction of the milled edge. With the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, the English...
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    further discouraged and largely eliminated with the introduction of the milled edge seen on coins today. In a debasement process which took effect in 1920...
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    TWO HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR and another 1797 variety had a gripped, or milled, edge. Liberty Cap, facing left 1793 – 35,334 Liberty Cap, facing right 1794...
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  • further discouraged and largely eliminated with the introduction of the milled edge seen on coins today. The weight of a silver penny stayed constant at...
    98 KB (8,440 words) - 06:53, 20 April 2024
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    order to prevent this, silver and gold coins began to be produced with milled edges, as many coins still do by tradition, although they no longer contain...
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  • medal-coin See NCLT. milled coinage Machine-struck coinage. In contrast to hammered coinage and cast coinage. milled edge The edge of a coin with grooved...
    37 KB (4,635 words) - 06:27, 12 May 2024
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    mill produces gunpowder Ball mill Bead mill Coffee mill Colloid mill Conical mill Disintegrator Disk mill Edge mill Gristmill, also called flour mill...
    17 KB (2,145 words) - 14:12, 2 April 2024
  • "capital cities" designs) had a mint mark: a small crosslet found on the milled edge that represents Llantrisant in South Wales, where the Royal Mint has...
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  • Ireland 2007. Bimetallic - Nordic gold centre and cupro-nickel outer ring. Milled edge with an alternating pattern of '2's and stars incuse. Medallic alignment...
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