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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1536106, member: 112&quot;]It goes back much further than that Tom. Reeded edges on coins were first introduced in France in 1643 with the advent of milled coinage, and their purpose was specifically to stop shaving. The rest of the world followed France&#039;s example after that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years some countries changed and used edge lettering or edge designs. But the purpose was always the same - to stop edge shaving. Long before the close collar ever existed various mints used a 3rd die to impart the edge design, or reeding, to coins in a completely separate process. Usually this was done after the coin was already struck, but there were some cases where the coin went through the edge design process before striking, but not many.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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