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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3013122, member: 21705"]The edge of the coin is sometimes treated during the minting of the planchets. Initially there was a vine & bars edge and later two different lettered edges were used. When they switched to the thinner 168 grain planchets, this edging was discontinued, though some lettered edge thin planchets are known.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional minor edge devices were employed to help prevent slipping during the coining process, though most are too subtle to be seen on worn examples. The Gripped Edge is an exception which can be seen on even worn examples and is seen as vertical marks on the edge of some S-120 and S-121s. My post simply poses the question of whether there may be other varieties with this same edge device.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two I've found may or may not show evidence of this device. I'm unsure, though I feel if they were on either known variety, they would be called gripped. But with extraordinary claims you need extraordinary evidence and I'm not there yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3013122, member: 21705"]The edge of the coin is sometimes treated during the minting of the planchets. Initially there was a vine & bars edge and later two different lettered edges were used. When they switched to the thinner 168 grain planchets, this edging was discontinued, though some lettered edge thin planchets are known. Additional minor edge devices were employed to help prevent slipping during the coining process, though most are too subtle to be seen on worn examples. The Gripped Edge is an exception which can be seen on even worn examples and is seen as vertical marks on the edge of some S-120 and S-121s. My post simply poses the question of whether there may be other varieties with this same edge device. The two I've found may or may not show evidence of this device. I'm unsure, though I feel if they were on either known variety, they would be called gripped. But with extraordinary claims you need extraordinary evidence and I'm not there yet.[/QUOTE]
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