Traditional water pattern

Hello, everyone, I am an old cow born after 80, and I am an ancient coin lover. This is the fifth graphic edition of "Ancient Coin Terminology" compiled and published by me. If you want to learn more technical terms of ancient coins, you can look at the four articles I published before.

In the previous article, most of us talked about some terms on the front of ancient coins, such as: country, knight, wheel, etc. In this article, we will focus on some terms on the back of ancient coins.

Before explaining some related terms on the back, I think it is necessary to explain the concepts of "land chapter" and "meat" first.

Zhangdi: The remaining parts (borders, inner borders and characters) after the ancient coins are removed are called Zhangdi, or "meat".

Rotary back: There is a spiral on the back of ancient coins, which we call "rotary back". Simply put, it's a circle of depth marks.

Then we are saying: star pattern, moon pattern, back star, back moon.

Star-shaped pattern: There are dots like stars on the back or front of coins, which we call "star-shaped pattern".

Star on the back: If there are stars on the back of ancient coins, we call them "stars on the back".

Moon grain: If there is a moon bud grain on the back of money, we call it "moon grain".

Back to the Moon: If there is a moon pattern on the back of an ancient coin, we call it "back to the moon".

Finally, moire and water ripple are two special cases.

Moire: If there is moire on the back of money, we call it "moire".

Water ripples: There are water ripples on the back of money, which we call "water ripples".

Well, that's all for this article. I am an old cow born after 80. I want to know more about ancient coins. Please pay attention to subscribe to me. If you don't understand anything or have any suggestions, please leave a comment below.