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reeded edge [1 record]

Record 1 2016-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coining
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
DEF

An edge design with vertical, measured grooved lines, applied to a coin by a closed collar die at the same time the coin is struck.

OBS

The reeded edge acts as a protection against clipping and allows the coin to be ejected from the collar after striking.

OBS

The term "reeded edge" should be restricted to those coins struck with a closed, striated collar.

OBS

The word "graining" is indiscriminately used to describe two edges: the reeded edge and the obliquely reeded edge.

OBS

The term "milling" often refers to the appearance of the edge of a coin which has been altered by any of several machine processes. It is more precise to use such descriptive phrases as "reeded edge", "rimmed edge", and so forth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Monnayage
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
DEF

Tranche marquée de fines rainures verticales et parallèles; les stries proviennent du motif de la virole et marquent la tranche en même temps que les coins frappent les motifs d'avers et de revers sur un flan.

OBS

Avec la tranche lisse, ce type de tranche est le plus courant, d'où le simple «tranche cannelée»; «tranche à cannelures verticales» est utilisé quand il y a lieu de distinguer de la «tranche à cannelures obliques».

OBS

Le cordon de stries sur l'épaisseur d'une pièce de monnaie, d'un jeton ou d'une médaille peut également être désigné par «crénelage»; cependant, avec la forme arrondie des stries sur les pièces actuelles, «tranche cannelée» est préférable à «tranche crénelée».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuñación de moneda
  • Monedas y billetes
  • Numismática
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