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Milling on stars Bust Halves
cheezhed
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I see this in descriptions but what does milling or lack of milling mean?
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Milling is what the raised grooves around the edge of the coin are called. On some Overton varieties there is light or no milling and the stars are drawn to the edge, like on the o-123 below.
Visual representation:
The coin the left has no milling while the one on the right has some.
BHNC #248 … 140 and counting.
Ah I see thank you. Would lack of milling be considered a defect?
More correctly referred to as Dentils. The lack thereof is not an error but most likely just a late die state.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Or wear.