What is the Difference Between the Edge and the Rim of a Coin?
What is the Difference Between the Edge and the Rim of a Coin?Ever since the Presidential Dollars have come out, many people seem to have a hard time distinguishing between the rim of the coin, and the edge. These terms have very specific meanings; make sure that you are using them correctly.Answer: The edge of a coin is sometimes called the “third side.” Experts call the heads side the obverse, and the tails side the reverse, reserving the term edge for the third side, or the side that you see if you look at the coin in the space between the obverse and reverse. The edge runs around the entire circumference of the coin, and is the portion that has the reeding on it if it’s a dime or quarter dollar. The edge is plain on pennies and nickels. The rim of a coin can be
