milling mark: a contact mark on a coin caused by the reeded edge of another coin.
minor variety: a difference between two coins that is insignificant.
mint: the official government building where coins are struck.
Milling mark - A series of two or more small nicks on a coin which result from contact with the reeded edge of another coin, usually in a mint bag.
milling mark A mark that results when the reeded edge of one coin hits the surface of another coin. Such contact may produce just one mark or a group of staccato-like marks. See also reeding mark(s).
milling mark
A mark resulting from the reeded edge of one coin hitting the surface of another.
mint ...
worse, and I would have to mention the most prominent defect in my grade description of that coin. (For example, a mint state coin slightly worse than the one pictured here could be described as "MS-60, scratches" or "MS-60, heavy milling marks.") ...
 See also: Coin, Marks, Milling, Reeded edge, Circulated
  
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