Talk:Milled coinage

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Doesn't "milled coin" refer to the miling or reeding on the edge of a coin, put there to deter shaving of the edges? - Dominus 03:19, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Confusingly, I believe it means both a reeded edge and machine produced. I'm not sure which term came first. M123 03:29, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Technically, I believe they are two different terms: milled coinage for the machine struck process and milled edge for the reeding, etc. Were there any milled edges before the advent of milled coinage? I don't know. --Qwertypoiuy 02:58, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Isaac Newton?[edit]

I've read a claim that Newton thought of milling. Is this so? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 11:38, 9 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It certainly says so in Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency but then again, in the very same sentence Newton is also credited with the invention of the cat flap so it may be unwise to take the statement as gospel. Mr Larrington (talk) 19:48, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]