Why Did They Remove The "beading" From The Rim?

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rkp Valued Member United States 254 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 12:58 pm I recently got my first high grade Barber dime and noticed that there is a nice ornate beading around the inner rim. All of my previous Barbers are at best in G-4 condition and this beading has long worn off so I never realized that it existed. I see that the Seated dime as well as the bust dime had this beading also. So why did the mint remove this wonderful ornate bordering starting with the Mercury dime? (I didn't know if if was ok to link to pictures from the gallery on ccf). Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 2:25 pm rkp, Actually, "beading" describes our very early coinage and this design was engraved right into the coin die. With the advent of collars on coin presses, dentils replaced these "beads" and continued through Barber coinage. The dentils were created by the collars. I think the wire-rim St Gaudens double eagle changed everyone's feelings on dentils. Report this Post to the Staff
weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 6:28 pm Are they dentils or denticles...? Report this Post to the Staff
rkp Valued Member United States 254 Posts	Posted 02/07/2009 3:08 pm ahhhh, so that's what they're called. Thank you for the history lesson SeatedNut. Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 02/07/2009 10:38 pm Quote: Are they dentils or denticles...? I believe they are individually dentils and collectively denticles. The terms are interchangeable. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/09/2009 11:04 am Quote: The dentils were created by the collars. The dentils are not created by the collar, they are part of the die. Report this Post to the Staff
KenKat Pillar of the Community United States 4085 Posts	Posted 02/09/2009 11:53 am Found this on about.com: Question: Why do Some Coins Have Denticles? Answer: Denticles are the little tooth-like design elements that you see around the perimeter of many 18th and 19th century U.S. coins. The reason for denticles was to make the coins stack more easily, back in the days before the coin minting machines had close collars applied while the planchet was being struck. (The close collar helps build a solid rim around the faces.) Because people got used to seeing this element on the coins, denticles remained in abbreviated form long after the need for them had been eliminated. Ken My 7070 US Type Set My 7100 Lincoln Cent Set (now with updates!) Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 02/09/2009 7:59 pm And here I always thought those were beads to commemorate our early trading with the Indians. They wouldn' accept our money unless it looked like beads. Report this Post to the Staff
weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 02/10/2009 12:17 am Ugh! Beads heap big better than denticled wampum. Report this Post to the Staff
shovel78 Valued Member United States 79 Posts	Posted 02/11/2009 9:02 pm I understand no beads on ASE is fake. Report this Post to the Staff
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Why Did They Remove The "Beading" From The Rim?