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Why are nickels and pennies smooth around the edges and quarters and dimes aren't?
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The ridges on the edges of coins are called "reeds". Many years ago when quarters, dimes, and half dollars had silver in them, people would shave the edges, sell the silver, and still use the shaved coin for the face value of the coin. The mint added reeds so it could easily be determined if the coin was shaved or not.
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Why are the edges of some coins notched?
The actual term is "reeded" rather than "notched". Reeded edges prevent thieves from clipping coins. That is shaving metal metal off the edges. Dimes, quarters, half-dollars, and dollar coins all were made of silver until 1964. Pennies and nickels do not have precious metal in their mix. The US continued to use reeding on the edges of dimes, quarters, and half dollars even though they were changed to copper-nickel in the 1960s and 1970s. The $1 coins introduced in 2000 are also made of non-precious metals, and have smooth edges to help differentiate them from the other denominations. Many countries now use variations of standard reeding to help make their coins distinguishable by touch as well as sight, especially if they're similar in size. For example some euro coins have wide reeding, others have very narrow reeding, and still others have what's called "interrupted" reeding with interspersed smooth spaces.
What is the value of a 1957 nickel with edges?
What are you referring to? All coins have edges, but some like cents, nickels and Sac. dollars are smooth, while others like dimes and quarters have little grooves called reeding.If your nickel has a reeded edge you'll need to take it to an expert to be examined in person to see whether it's a normal nickel that has been altered, or was somehow incorrectly struck, although the latter is very unlikely.
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How many ridges are around the US penny?
There are no ridges on a US Penny or the US Nickel, the edges are smooth.
Why do quarters and dimes have ridges and pennies and nickels don't?
The ridges on the edges of coins are called "reeding". When coins were made of precious metals like silver and gold, reeds were used to prevent theft by shaving, i.e. using a sharp instrument to remove a tiny bit of metal from the edges of a coin. A shaved coin would very slightly smaller but not enough to be noticed. If a crook shaved enough coins they could make a nice profit selling the scraps. Mints adopted reeded edges so any attempt at shaving would be immediately obvious. Nickels and cents have smooth edges because those denominations were never made of precious metals. When the US switched from silver coinage to copper-nickel clad coins in the 1960s reeded edges were no longer necessary but the Mint decided to continue using them so the new coins were as much like the old ones as possible. However new designs and denominations like the current Presidential dollars don't have to match any previous coins so they're made without reeding. Other countries now use specialized reeding to make it easier for visually-limited people to tell coins apart by touch. For example some denominations of euro coins are similar in size but have very different edges with, for example, wide reeds, narrow reeds, or "interrupted" reeds consisting of alternating ridged and smooth sections.
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Why are the edges of some coins notched?
The actual term is "reeded" rather than "notched". Reeded edges prevent thieves from clipping coins. That is shaving metal metal off the edges. Dimes, quarters, half-dollars, and dollar coins all were made of silver until 1964. Pennies and nickels do not have precious metal in their mix. The US continued to use reeding on the edges of dimes, quarters, and half dollars even though they were changed to copper-nickel in the 1960s and 1970s. The $1 coins introduced in 2000 are also made of non-precious metals, and have smooth edges to help differentiate them from the other denominations. Many countries now use variations of standard reeding to help make their coins distinguishable by touch as well as sight, especially if they're similar in size. For example some euro coins have wide reeding, others have very narrow reeding, and still others have what's called "interrupted" reeding with interspersed smooth spaces.
What is the value of a 1957 nickel with edges?
What are you referring to? All coins have edges, but some like cents, nickels and Sac. dollars are smooth, while others like dimes and quarters have little grooves called reeding.If your nickel has a reeded edge you'll need to take it to an expert to be examined in person to see whether it's a normal nickel that has been altered, or was somehow incorrectly struck, although the latter is very unlikely.
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