does anyone know how many grooves are on the side of a quarter? i used to know that but forgot?

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does anyone know how many grooves are on the side of a quarter? i used to know that but forgot?

2006-07-26 12:04:39 · 4 answers · asked by skopedia 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia

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A quarter has 119 ridges
BTW, a half dollar has 150 ridges
and a dime has 118 ridges.
this was originally to prevent people from drilling out silver from the coins and filling with a base metal

2006-07-26 15:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by jimdan2000 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Hold on a minute...

98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106

Still there?

2006-07-26 13:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

119

2006-07-26 13:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by mom2all 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

150

2006-07-26 12:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋