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Words or a pattern cut into a coin's rim.
Also known as: Milled edge, Coin rim inscription
Edge lettering or milling was introduced to stop coins being clipped — shaved at the rim for their metal — because a clipped coin shows its damage immediately. It survives on coins with no precious metal in them at all.
Marks a coin's rim with lettering, milling or a repeating pattern.
Contexts: History
Was introduced to prevent clipping, the shaving of metal from a coin's edge, since a clipped coin visibly loses its edge treatment.
Contexts: History
Survives on modern coins of base metal, where the original reason no longer applies but the security and identification value does.
Contexts: History
Letters or fine ridges cut around the narrow outer face of a coin, at right angles to its two flat sides.