Talk:Glossary of numismatics

Done?
I never realized how much I hate definitions. I'm finished with it. Most of these are geared toward the U.S. market, if you have some specific wording for another country, please add. Also, some of these are word for word out of the book as there's not alot of leeway in a short definition, if you can change or rearrange any without losing meaning, please do. Joe I 03:09, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Americanisation
Attemping to diversify from the U.S.A definitions to make it more international Enlil Ninlil 02:25, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Laymen's terms for obverse/reverse?
Context: descriptive captions in English for medals and coins in a museum exhibit whose visitors include many non-native speakers. What terms would you recommend I substitute for the proper "obverse" and "reverse" (as the former is rather obscure)? -- Thanks, Deborahjay 13:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I believe most collectors refer to the obverse of a coin (or note) as the FRONT or FACE/Head of the coin. Typically, in Canada, the front has the state "head" (ie queen or past prime minister). Collectors will refer to the reverse as the BACK or tail of the coin. Typically, the back features a symbol or picture on a coin, and a scene with serial number on a note. Walktothewater 18:40, 16 January 2007 (UTC)walktothewater

But Deborahjay asked for the layman's terms. I am sure that most non-collectors, at least in North America, would say "heads" and "tails".--Wehwalt 01:25, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

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Lettered edge, milled rim
I'm confused by several terms in this list as they would apply to commemorative medals whose catalogue descriptions I'm translating to English. In particular, I need to describe the location of an inscription: on the medal's face (either obverse or reverse) just inside its perimeter and circumscribed by a raised rim (?) that's adjacent to the edge. The gloss for edge seems to refer to a coin or medal's narrowest dimension (its thickness). If so, please clarify the distinction between the following:
 * lettered edge ("The outside [sic; outer?] edge of a coin containing an inscription") - does the lettering actually appear on this narrow space where other coins have the grooved lines characteristic of a reeded edge?
 * milled rim ("raised rim around the outer surface of a coin") – but is this "outer surface" = the edge, or is it on the coin's face adjacent to the edge? This, unless the distinctions I raised at the top of my query are incorrect. -- Deborahjay (talk) 10:09, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't know much about money, but the British one pound coin is quite thick, and does indeed have letters around the curved edge: File:Fake-and-real.jpg --Kjoonlee 12:19, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, the lettered edge is lettering on the narrowest dimension of the coin, see for example the picture of the edge of the €2 coin (different countries put different inscriptions here); we don't seem to have a picture of them but most UK £1 and £2 coins also have lettered edges. The milled rim also refers to this dimension, when there is just a milled design rather than lettering. -- Arwel Parry (talk) 18:08, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * So "edge" and "rim" are synonymous? Please see sentence 2 of my original query (above): how to describe that particular space on a coin face. -- Thanks, Deborahjay (talk) 21:23, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well I think edge and rim are sometimes synonymous dependent upon the specific shape of the edge. If the coin can be stood on edge then it is referred to as an edge, if the edge is too curved then the whole thing might be called the rim. But where the edge projects above the face it is called the rim as explained here. If the rim is broad enough it may contain incurse lettering, such as Twenty pence (British coin), but otherwise it is merely called a circular inscription which assumes it is close to this rim.  meltBanana  03:59, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I have sum quarters iv been wanting appraised and sold,they have mint errors and sum dbl struck.[1 coin being a1984 filled p ment error with N God We Trust
Can anyboy head me in the right direction? 2601:380:8080:7970:E18D:2D43:64EE:8164 (talk) 20:08, 22 November 2022 (UTC)