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Originally Posted by Tervuren
Actually, the rippled edge is to make it easier for a blind person to count currency.
The two larger coins, nickles and dimes, have a serrated(Quarter) and smooth(Nickle) edge to separate them.
The two smaller coins, pennies and nickles also do the same thing, with the larger denomination in value having the serrated edge.
This makes it easy to count coins by feel as you can quickly tell quarter from nickle, penny from dime.
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I heard serrated edges are a hold-over from the gold coin days. The edges of gold coins were serrated to allow one to cut off smaller chunks.