1863 Liberty And No Slavery CWT Token?

What is the name of these bumps that are on almost all no slavery tokens? The obverse in the pic shows them really well. Anyone know? I call them heat bumps or pimples but I know "pimples" isn't right! Anyone?

 

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Something to do with casting?
I don't think those tokens were struck like normal coins were.

 

Yep, you're right they weren't! Anyone know the technical name for the bumps?

 

Casting bumps?

 

Pebbling

 

That's cool, I'll figure something out.

 

CWT's were minted like coins. I have read where the dies for some of these tokens were discarded and then reused to make money of the collectablity side of these tokens. The dies got rusty and pitted so after they where cleaned they had pit marks in them. I have not heard of any CWT's being Cast.
I am by no means an expert on these tokens.
But I do a lot of reading.
http://www.cwtsociety.com/history.shtml
https://www.cwtoken.com/Method.html

 

Exactly, Rusted dies.

 

if this is a duplicate, I apologize, but denticles perhaps ?

 

IMHO, this is a poorly cast copy. Many CWT copies were produced in the 1960's, celebrating the centennial. Some were sold in sets, like the one pictured.

 

If you're talking about the "bumps" that run in a circle near the rim on both sides, if they touch and/or are a part of the rim, they're called "denticles". Denticles can be of different shapes and designs.
If they are round like these and don't touch the rim, they are called "beads".
Many British and Canadian coins have beads.
Many Mexican and other foreign coins have denticles.

This info is just what I've gathered from collecting "modern" (1700 to present?) and reading the descriptions of the coins.

For more definitive answers you could google "coin denticles" and "coin beads".

Which is what I'm about to do right now.

 

From the net : ".....on a coin a denticle is the toothed border."

 

From Wiki :

Beading
Raised dot border along the rim of a coin.

 

Yes, you are correct, Sir !!

 

Here is a Canadian coin with beading.

 

Here is a Mexican coin with denticles.

 

Denticles touch the rim.
Beads do not.

 

I agree with ExoMan. He's very knowledgeable about CWT's, so you guys should take his comments to heart.

Bruce

 

We went from " What are the pimples around the coin called? " to " This is a poorly cast copy. ".

lol

 

I think they mean the "bumps" that are all over the coin.