Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Civered with reeds; reedy.
- adjective Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
reed . - adjective Covered with
reeds ;reedy . - adjective Formed with channels and ridges like reeds, as the edge of a coin.
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, legal-tender quarters will have milled edges Also called reeded edges in the coin industry.
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In order to combat the problem, coins worth 10 cents or more are produced with "reeded," or grooved, edges.
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In the remodeling of this older Whitefish Bay home, Kenyon incorporated design elements from the rest of the house into the new space, such as reeded columns and reeded detail on the island.
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In the remodeling of this older Whitefish Bay home, Kenyon incorporated design elements from the rest of the house into the new space, such as reeded columns and reeded detail on the island.
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It is the 1795 Liberty Cap cent with a reeded edge.
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The reeded edge pieces are less rare, but it is probably the difference in quality that accounts for most of the price difference.
Queller Collection of Coin Patterns Sells for $8.36 Million (Part 3 of 3) : Coin Collecting News 2009
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According to Breen and others, three other 1795 Liberty Cap cent varieties were struck on the new, lighter planchets (prepared blanks) and these were not reeded.
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As the Naftzger-Holmes 1795 reeded edge (S-79) is PCGS graded Very Good-10 and generally graded VG-08 by large cent experts, it is clearly the finest known.
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For whatever reason, this one variety is the only large cent variety to have a reeded edge.
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Silver and gold coins of later eras had reeded edges, though it is peculiar for a copper coin to have one.
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