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Coin Collecting Glossary

The who's who and what's what of coin collecting.

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Raw

A coin that has not been encapsulated by a third party grading or conservation service.

Reeded Edge

The vertical grooves on the edge of a coin. Examples are the modern U.S. dime and quarter, as well as gold quarter eagles from 1796 until 1929. Reeded edging was originally introduced, along with milled edging, to prevent clipping.
See also - - Clipping, Close Collar, Crenellations, Milled Edge

Repunched Date

Up until the early 20th century, most U.S. coins had dates hand-punched directly into working dies. A repunched date is simply the result of one date being punched into a die over another date of the same year. It was the result of the punch moving out of alignment during the multiple blows that it took to impress the date into the die.
See also - - Hub, Overdate

Repunched Mintmark

Up until the late 20th century, U.S. coins had mintmarks hand-punched directly into working dies. A repunched mintmark is simply the result of the punch moving out of alignment during the multiple blows that it took to impress the mintmark into the die. This resulted in multiple occurrances of the same mintmark on coins at various angles to each other or even upside-down. In 1985, the mintmark was added to the hub for proof coinage. In 1990, the mintmark was added to the hub for circulating coinage.
See also - - Hub, Over Mintmark

Reverse

The back or "tails" side of a coin or medal.

Ring Dollar

See Holey Dollar.