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Ever wonder why some coins have ridges, but others don’t?

Posted on November 26, 2022

Living (and loving) Life

I’m sure you’ve probably noticed that silver dollars, half-dollars, quarters and dimes have ridges around their edges, but nickels and pennies don’t.

Have you ever wondered why that is?

Well, those ridges are called reedings, and the reason why they’re present on some coins dates all the way back to the establishment of the Coinage Act of 1792…

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