This is question that I have never been asked in my 30 plus years of collecting coins. So, after consulting with a half-dozen experienced numismatists, the answer was: 119. The grooves are placed on the coin to avoid counterfeiting.
a quarter has 130 grooves.
A quarter has 119 reeds.
There are 119 reeds.
According to the US Treasury website (http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?flash=yes&action=coin_specifications) a quarter has 119 'reeds.'
A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove
a quarter has 130 grooves.
A quarter has 119 grooves, or reeds. The grooves are used as an anti-counterfeiting strategy.
A quarter has 119 reeds.
There are 119 reeds.
According to the US Treasury website (http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?flash=yes&action=coin_specifications) a quarter has 119 'reeds.'
There are 119 ridges on the United States quarter dollar. The ridges are there mostly for making sure the coins are properly used in coin operated machines.
A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove
The grooves are called Reeds. Dimes have 118 of them, Quarters have 119. And Half Dollars have 150.
150 grooves
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There are no "grooves" on a British 1 Penny coin. The edge is not milled.
According to the U.S. Mint, a dime has 118 reeds (grooves).