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Beads and denticles on coins

Started by <k>, May 29, 2020, 01:09:21 AM

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Deeman

#75
BAT 2 pounds 2020 Antarctica.JPG


The British Antarctic Territory commemoration for the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica is a prime example of the unnecessary use of denticles, apart from the fact that Pobjoy Mint did not apply due diligence in their research of the Williams and depicted the wrong vessel.

<k>

#76
Cuba 1 peso 1992.jpg

Cuba, 1 peso, 1992. 


The coin has an inner polygonal rim but with a bead circle

Sorry, communist Cuba, but that is just degenerate.  :o
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<k>

#77
Nepal, 25 Paisa, VS2057, 2000.jpg

Nepal, 25 Paisa, VS2057, 2000.


I recently asked myself whether any aluminium coins had bead circles. I thought that it would be unlikely.

I was wrong. Nepal has several such coins.
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chrisild

Quote from: <k> on October 05, 2020, 11:07:59 PM
I recently asked myself whether any aluminium coins had bead circles. I thought that it would be unlikely.

The Deutsches Reich had a few too. For example, the 3 Mark 1922, or the 50 Reichspfennig 1935 and 1939.

Christian

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Germany, 50 Reichspfennig, 1935.  Aluminium, and with denticles.

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<k>

#80
Germany, 3 Mark, 1922.jpg

Germany, 3 Mark, 1922.  Aluminium, and with denticles.
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SandyGuyUK

Quote from: <k> on October 05, 2020, 11:07:59 PM
I recently asked myself whether any aluminium coins had bead circles. I thought that it would be unlikely.


Another one to keep in mind that I came across this morning whilst perusing eBay - the aluminium Spanish 1 peseta coin of 1982-1989.  :)
Ian
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#82


Spain, 1 peseta, 1983. Aluminium, and with bead circles.

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Iraq, 1 dinar, 1981.  Nice denticles on a 10-sided coin.
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<k>

#84


Italy, 20 lire, 1927.


This coin has beads on the rim of the coin.

Usually they appear next to the rim.
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<k>

#85
Malta, 1972.  Scalloped aluminium coins with denticles.





2 mils.





3 mils.





5 mils.
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<k>

#86
PNG 50 pence 2015.jpg

Two interrupted inner bead circles on a heptagonal coin of Papua New Guinea.
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#87
Bangladesh 5 taka 2012.jpg

Bangladesh, 5 taka, 2012.
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<k>

#88
Hungary 2 forint 1970.jpg

Hungary, 2 forint, 1970.


This is a trial version of the real coin. The only difference is that this coin includes the word PRÓBAVERET, meaning TRIAL.

Look at the shape of the coin near the rim. All I can say is, "Groovy, baby!"

In fact, chrisild is good at describing features like this. How would HE describe it?
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chrisild

As you suggested – some groovy grooves. :) That design has always reminded me of a net ...

Beads ceased to be useful when pretty much all circulation coins were made from brass, Cu-Ni and such, and had no particular intrinsic value. In this case, the designer wanted to use the rim and the nearby area but came up with a quite innovative decorative element.