Do all edges look the same?

Realone

on Seated Liberty Dollars, Trade Dollars and Morgan Dollars?

BillJones

With the widespread use of slabs, it's hard to answer that one. I remember reading about "fine reeding" varieties in the past, but it was too long ago to remember the context.

jesbroken

I remember wide reeding for the 1921 Morgan.

ricko

The answer is no, however, it is a segment of numismatics that is not pursued to any

extent. Cheers, RickO

LoveMyLiberty

Originally posted by: Realone

on Seated Liberty Dollars, Trade Dollars and Morgan Dollars?

In a word-NO. Edges were produced by collars that varied

over the years and by which mint produced the coins.



Reeded edges on Morgans ranged from a low count of 157

to as much as 194 according to Van Allen & Mallis. This depended

on the milling machine used to make the grooves, how often

the collars wore out & when a collar was used during one year's

production & was again used for a later year.

Also as the edge collars wore out the look of the reeding & their

spacing became less exact as did the non reeded portion of the

edge. Edge differences also occured due to misalignment of dies

in the presses. This also affected plain edge coinage as well.