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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1007430, member: 39&quot;]We have &quot;always&quot; had them in Europe, at least in the past 100 years or so. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In some countries they are used as extra security features (and no, the edge lettering does not necessarily wear off quickly). Also, with commemorative coins you have the option to use the edge for some theme motto.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Germany for example the default edge lettering is <i>Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit</i>, the first words of the national anthem. But a coin dedicated to Copernicus for example had the Latin edge inscription &quot;In Medio Omnium Residet Sol&quot;, an Oceanographic Museum coin said &quot;Ohne Wasser kein Leben&quot; (No Life Without Water), and so on. Don&#039;t think that edge inscriptions are necessary, but they can be fun ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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