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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 09-29-2007, 12:28 AM   #1 (permalink) kneil3 Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 200 other coins with edge lettering My dad travels alot for work and often brings coins back.. I have had a bag of them for a long tiem just haven't bothered to look I 'm sure it has been said here before but I got a couple Singapore fifty cent pieces with the edge lettering on them. Didn't know they had that only because I never thought about looking at them until I was packing to move. I Think it is funny, only because with all the prez coins all you look for is errors on the edges and that is exactly what I did when I first saw these.   09-29-2007, 01:46 AM   #2 (permalink) coleguy Coin Collector     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Posts: 2,097 My Mood: I think it's more common than most realize. The US used it in the early 1800's on half dollars, and later on Double Eagles. I don't think there was as many problems with it 200 years ago as there are now. Thats kinda goofy. Guy~   09-29-2007, 09:51 AM   #3 (permalink) kanga 50 Years and Still At It     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,589 My Mood: I think(?) that the edge lettering on old US coins was done with a collar (like reeding) rather than what the US trying to do now. Basically 100% effective but much slower. And they had to use a split collar which would be a new technology for the current Mint. And we can see how well(!) the Mint handles "new" technologies. __________________ ANA Member APS Member ARA Member There are 10 types of people: those that understand binary, and those that don't.   09-29-2007, 01:01 PM   #4 (permalink) grizz numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: aliquippa, pennsylvania Posts: 1,323 Quote: Originally Posted by coleguy I think it's more common than most realize. The US used it in the early 1800's on half dollars, and later on Double Eagles. I don't think there was as many problems with it 200 years ago as there are now. Thats kinda goofy. Guy~ that's because back then the workers had more pride in their jobs and weren't allowed to have a cell phone while working. NO! grizz   09-29-2007, 01:27 PM   #5 (permalink) gxseries Coin Collector   Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,900 There are edges made even back in 1700s. Those are extrusive text, not intrusive text like current coins these days. And oops forgot to mention that it's Russian coins that I am talking about atm. __________________ My partial list of coins: Omnicoin My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month.   09-29-2007, 01:41 PM   #6 (permalink) JBK Coin Collector   Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,080 Quote: Originally Posted by gxseries There are edges made even back in 1700s. Those are extrusive text, not intrusive text like current coins these days. And oops forgot to mention that it's Russian coins that I am talking about atm. Also the Maria Teresa taler from Austria.   09-29-2007, 02:02 PM   #7 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,517 Quote: Originally Posted by gxseries There are edges made even back in 1700s. The first was in 1648 by Louis XIII. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   09-29-2007, 02:21 PM   #8 (permalink) chrisild Coin Collector     Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NW · DE · EU Posts: 2,077 Quote: Originally Posted by gxseries There are edges made even back in 1700s. Those are extrusive text, not intrusive text like current coins these days. And oops forgot to mention that it's Russian coins that I am talking about atm. In Europe, where edge lettering is fairly common, most edge inscriptions are incused indeed. The 5 CHF coins circulating in Switzerland, however, have raised edge lettering. Christian   09-29-2007, 08:33 PM   #9 (permalink) rickyb With a name like Ricky...     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 330 the 2 euro coin has edge lettering __________________ I found something important to put here # of coins needed in my type set: 23 state quarter bearing proof sets needed: 2008 state quarter bearing mint sets needed: 1999-2004, 2006-2008   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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