To: monkeyshine
...people were known to shave a little off their coins....That’s why modern coins of precious metals have a reeded edge. Shaving can be easily detected.
21 posted on
05/22/2023 3:51:13 PM PDT by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
Yes indeed. But some of the generic rounds and bars do not have that serrated (reeded) edge.
34 posted on
05/22/2023 4:53:43 PM PDT by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
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