Reeded, Smooth, or Lettered

TwoSides2aCoin

Regarding the 3rd side of a coin, which one is your favorite ?

OKbustchaser

Lettered. although I have a couple of coins that have smooth edges even though they are supposed to be lettered.

sparky64

Lettered all day for me.

AUandAG

No pennies or nickels made in CC.

bob

jmcu12

Lettered but with relief like the Olympic dollars of '1988' (I think??)

ambro51

This. 1688 American Plantations Farthing

Type2

I like all three.

ctf_error_coins

I do not like edge lettering so I voted reeded.

Most of the time I am dealing with an error on the obverse or reverse so I don't really care about he 3rd side.

Altho, there are some really cool reeding errors ...........

crypto79

I like reeded edges with different counts

steveben

reeded. feels like money!

CoinZip

Lettered edge for me.....................

illini420

I voted lettered edge, but my favorite is the edge of the $10 gold Indian with the raised stars.

And I also like reeded and lettered on the same coin:



which is the edge of this coin:

TwoSides2aCoin

Updated poll to add the starred edge, as previously pointed out. Thank you ^

NewEnglandRarities

As a colonial coin specialist I generally deal with plain edge coins so I guess that would be my vote. But the vine and bar edge on some of the Getz pieces are certainly very attractive!

coindeuce

Part smooth, part reeded.

richbeat

I voted reeded. I've never been a fan of lettered edges, or AT LEAST get the date and mint mark (dollar coins) off the edge and put it back on the obverse where it belongs.

jmcu12

Thanks illini420 - I was sorta close - 1992 vs 1988 and the edge was incuse instead of with relief...

But on these do we know if this design was part of the collar or was it imparted (like the current dollars) via a separate process?