Most lettering on a coin is raised. Incuse lettering, usually on the edge, is either stamped, hammered or impressed into the coin.

Never use "youse" (papoose), a loose goose, abuse to a moose, an incuse deuce, and Charlotte Rousse juice.

A dollar. Starting in 2009, the date was moved from the front of the coin to the edge, similar to the incuse lettering on the edges of Presidential dollars.

All varieties of the 1935 British Crown have a 50% silver content.

The most common incuse lettering around the edge of a British Pound coin is "DECUS ET TUTAMEN", meaning "An ornament and a safeguard".

It refers to safeguarding the coin from having "precious" metal shaved from the edge.