Notched

Also two styles of letter punches were used as some letters have a "notched" bottom serif; both straight and notched varieties are used for the letters I, N and T. In the date the initial numeral 1 was recut so that the top appears doubled.

These coins were struck on a flan that had been notched around the edge producing a sawtooth pattern. The coins were done individually with great variety of depth and spacing.

Ironically, while some large cents were shipped overseas to pay tribal chieftains for slaves, uniquely notched pieces would later serve as identification for runaway slaves on their way north.

serrati were Roman Republican denarii with notched or serrated edges.
Signum
a military standard.

" Although the designer's initials were not on the coin, almost all of Reich's obverses have a characteristic notched point on the lowest star on the right-as his "signature." On the half eagles, the notch faces the coin's border.

There are no notched serifs or distinct separation on any of the details, merely a flat "shelf.

When copper was scarce or very high-priced, craftsmen or others who worked with the metal would buy kegs of copper cents to melt. The large cents also found use as home medical remedies, hotel key fobs and mechanical devices. Notched large cents ...

Serrated denarii, or serrati, which featured about 20 notched chisel mark on the edge of the coin, were produced to demonstrate the integrity of the coin. This effort was in vain, as examples of fourrée serrati attest.

Another easy way to tell hub doubling from die deterioration doubling is the presence of notched serifs; the small flairs on the ends of letters will appear distinctly separated with the former, ...

The Proclamation of 1108 decreed that all genuine pennies and half-pennies could not be refused and required that all newly produced pennies be nicked or notched to show that they did not contain copper cores.

See also: Notche, Struck, Coin, Copper, Revers