Edge of Coins

The side of the coin is called the "Edge" of the coin. Various kind of patterns and shapes are placed around the edge to prevent counterfeiting of coins by making it difficult to copy. Followings are the different kinds of edge which can be found in coin :

Plain Edge	No markings of any kind in the edges.
Grooved Edge	A groove is place halfway across and all around the edge. It looks like to coin glued together.
Reeded Edge	Fine serration all around the edge. Comes in various depth of serration and sometimes serrations are inclined though in most cases serrations are fine and vertical. It also known as milled edge or filed edge.
Security Edge	Grooved edge coin when have design, serrations or letterings in the groove called the security edge.
Inscribed Edge	plain or reeded edge having lettering all around its rim called inscribed edge.
Indented Edge	Plain or reeded edge with notch or indents placed with uniform spacing called indented edge.
Interrupted Reeded Edge	Edge having alternate sections of palin and reeded edge called interrupted reeded edge. The number and length of the sections varies coin to coin.
Serrated Edge	Serrations in reeded edge if looks like 'V' shaped and the very deep, then it called the serrated edge. Mostly can be seen in ancient coins where serrations and made by hand using chisel.
Polygon	These are rather shape varieties rather than edge varieties but I include it in the edge varieties because its the edge which is 10 sided or scalloped. Mostly comes with plain edge but sometimes reeded edge also can be found.

Parts of a Coin

	Rim Mint Mark Edge
OBSERVE
	Field National Emblem (Device) Motto Denomination
REVERSE
	Relief (Device) Field Legend Year Rim

Follow the links to know more about each parts(links are not active yet)

My Coin Collection

As I said in my previous blog about Matchbox Collection that at some point of time I collect everything, from toffee wrapper to stamps. Coin collecting is one of the three hobbies (along with matchbox and stamp collecting) I still have and hopefully will have for rest of my life.

I started my coin collecting at around age of 10. I didn't knew most of the rules and had no resources so I only collect commemorative coins I got through circulation. At my college days  this hobby was buried with all other hobbies. It gain a renewed interest when I open a account in EBay in  2009 to buy some stamps.There I saw the vast number of coins and I realized that I know nothing about the world of coins.

After that I started collecting coin seriously and started to educate myself about numismatics.At that time I also realize that I have to focous on some subjetcs because I am not wealthy enough to collect all kinds of coin.So I focused on Republic India Coinage which I thought would be easyest to collect and will be the cheapest.But I was not entairly correct. Though I got many coins pretty easily, many coins prior to 1970 still eludes me. This is mostly because the rarity of good coin dealers in Kolkata and the expensive price tags in online stores.

I starting this blog...well I don't know why. Probably because seeing so many blogs about coin I also want to show off my collection though there is not much to show off . I hope this blog helps people someway.