Posted 11/29/2014 6:46 pm
Just a quick lesson on coin terminology.
You are referring to the EDGE of a coin (also known as the THIRD SIDE).
And what's missing on your coin is the REEDING.
The purpose of reeding was to make it easy to detect if silver or gold had been filed off from the edge of a coin.
Notice that copper and nickel coins don't have reeding; the metal was not valuable enough.
The RIM of a coin is the raised ridge that runs around the outside of the obverse and reverse.
It's purpose is to protect a coin's front and back designs from wear PLUS the rim allows coins to be neatly be stacked.
You are referring to the EDGE of a coin (also known as the THIRD SIDE).
And what's missing on your coin is the REEDING.
The purpose of reeding was to make it easy to detect if silver or gold had been filed off from the edge of a coin.
Notice that copper and nickel coins don't have reeding; the metal was not valuable enough.
The RIM of a coin is the raised ridge that runs around the outside of the obverse and reverse.
It's purpose is to protect a coin's front and back designs from wear PLUS the rim allows coins to be neatly be stacked.
