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Gary Burke Rest in Peace United States 3730 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 11:39 pm While looking at several Kennedy half dollars, I stacked them and noticed that three of them had no reeding. Considering that the Kennedy coins don't circulate very much, isn't it rather strange that the reeding has worn off? Has anyone else noticed this? First time I've seen it on Kennedy half dollars. Report this Post to the Staff

Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 11:40 pm I never noticed any reeding missing on a Kennedy half. It is a little strange, since they don't circulate. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 10/06/2007 12:05 am Your Kennedys probably saw life in a slot machine, getting chucked in the slot over and over again wearing down the reeding. I saved a couple from when I went to Las Vegas a few years ago. The coins had nice detail but were very baggy and the reeding was worn down. I have seen the same effect on Morgan and Peace dollars that were in service in Nevada casinos until the 1960s. Report this Post to the Staff
Gary Burke Rest in Peace United States 3730 Posts	Posted 10/06/2007 12:16 am biokemist6, You are probably right. I hadn't thought of that. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19931 Posts	Posted 10/06/2007 01:12 am AHHA! That's nice biokemist...I would have never thought of that. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
One Red Cent Valued Member United States 169 Posts	Posted 10/07/2007 1:29 pm Slot machines? Makes a lot of sense to me! Does everybody know why the reeding is put on coins in the first place? In the olden days, unscrupulous people would shave off a little bit of the edges of gold & silver coins, eventually building up a little pile of precious metal that the could then sell. The coins that had been shaved down would be passed on, possibly with nobody ever noticing the difference unless they weighed the coin. To stop the ploy, lettering or reeding was added to the rims of precious metal coins. There is no logical reason to keep putting them on current coins, except maybe to help people with poor eyesight, but the tradition continues... Report this Post to the Staff
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