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cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,430 ✭✭✭✭✭

I see this in descriptions but what does milling or lack of milling mean?

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    Pnies20Pnies20 Posts: 2,607 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 14, 2020 1:01PM

    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.

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    cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,430 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ah I see thank you. Would lack of milling be considered a defect?

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    BustDMsBustDMs Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭✭✭

    More correctly referred to as Dentils. The lack thereof is not an error but most likely just a late die state.

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    HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BustDMs said:
    More correctly referred to as Dentils. The lack thereof is not an error but most likely just a late die state.

    Or wear.

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