So with out googling or any kind of internet searches. Can you guys tell me how many reeds are on a current quarter and how many are on a current dime. An employee bet me (I think he got the best of me by googling). I owe him a 30 pack.....
I wonder how many folks are at their coin desks right now counting reeds? At least I have an excuse. My eyes aren't good enough!
I know how many are on a Cent and Nickel. That's a great question. I can recall seeing the numbers in the past, but for the life of me can't remember them. I do know that they are not in the Redbook (my go to reference for basic info for almost 50 years). Some additional useless info, I believe there are some series that have varieties based on differences in the reeding (1921 Morgans are one). And an easy way to tell the difference between 1968 Canadian dimes minted in Ottawa from the ones that the US Mint was contacted to make is by the number and shape of the reeding. BTW: a 30 pack of Keystone Light is $12.89 at the Walmarts in my area of NY State, so hopefully he didn't specify a better beer.
Ok. Here it is. As I went home a sat down and tried to count. My numbers that I came up with was Quarter-92-105-107 dime - I was too aggravated to try!! Quarter has 119 reeds Dime has 118 reeds And just to be a butt I got the cheapest 30 pack I could find. 13.27. Hehe... I know he will drink every one of them!
According to the mint https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications dime 118 Quarter 119 Half dollar 150
Sorry im posting in this thread, it says ive got insufficient posting priveleges. I have a large 1802 cent that is missing the word "cent" on the back. Is this an error? I removed your url as it exposes your name. Save your photo on your computer and upload it by clicking the button below in your text box to attach a file. Jim
Easier to count on a photograph than on the Coin itself. A couple of dark spots on the bottom of this picture but I was able to count to 150 on this clad half.
119 on the Quarter? Good to know. I know that the U.S. Quarter is the same diameter as the South Korean 100-Won coin, which SUPPOSEDLY has 110 crenellations (or "reeds" for you hipsters) on its edge. When compared side-by-side the "reeds" on these two coinsline up pretty nicely. I don't know about these statistics. Unless we actually count the "reeds," we probably won't really know. Like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie-roll tootsie pop...
