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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1536096, member: 11854&quot;]Ornamental designs on US coins were introduced to stop shaving, not the reeded edge.&nbsp; The reeded edge certainly helps to stop this practice, but the reeded edge became quite practical when the US adopted a close collar striking strategy vs. the open collar striking strategy.&nbsp; The close collar provided the reeding at the same time that the coin was struck whereas with open collar coins one would use a Castaing machine to introduce letters or ornamentation on the edges.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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