Coin clipping is the act of shaving off a small portion of a precious metal coin for profit, over time the precious metal clippings would be saved up and melted into bullion.
Clipping - The practice of clipping off a portion of a usually silver coin. During Tudor times especially, coins were very thin and people would remove a part of the coins silver from the edge and then pass the coin on for it's full face value.
clipping: cutting a small amount of silver or gold from the edge of a coin for personal gain.
coin: a round piece of metal to which designs have been applied and a value assigned.
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An illegal practice of shaving or cutting pieces off a precious metal coin, usually done for the purpose of melting the clippings and selling them as bullion.
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Deliberate shearing or shaving from the edge of gold and silver coins. Was quite common from the Byzantine to the Colonial eras, so much so that many authorities employed edge devices in order to discourage this practice.
Clipping - Shearing or shaving from the edge of gold and silver coins for personal gain. Patterns and mottos are included on edges to discourage the practice.
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Deliberate smearing or shaving from the edge of gold and silver coins; patterns and mottoes are included on edges to discourage the practice.
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When coins were hammered during the early days of coinage, some people would clip a metal rim from around the coins.
Clipping - The process by which a quantity of metal was unofficially removed from the edge of a coin, which would then be passed on for its original value.
This was supposed to suppress clipping since it was felt that no one would deface the symbol of Faith (wrong). Crosses could be "voided" to allow accurate cutting for the production of small change (cut a penny to get a half penny).
Under this date an order of the General Court was recorded, "ffor the prevention of washing or Clipping of all such peices of mony as shall be Coined within this Jurisdiction.
clip Sometimes used to denote an incomplete planchet coin; in earlier days, clipping was a process of shaving edges of coins to remove small amounts of metal for illegal gain (which gave rise to lettered or reeded edges).
In telecommunication, the term clipping has the following meanings: In telephony, the loss of the initial or final parts of a word, words, or syllable, usually caused by the nonideal operation of voice-actuated devices.
That Cohen was working with a coin missing legend at the right is suggested by his clipping of the legend in exergue from TRP COS to TRP C.
Legends each side, outer ring of legends missing, probably from clipping, Album 710. Centered, clear central legends, SCARCE, Very Fine....SOLD Photo
AC102B. Fatimids, al-Hakim, AH 386-411; AD 996-1021, AV Quarter Dinar (1.1g).
The short-cross coinage lasted until 1247 when only four mints remained in operation and the practice of `clipping' the coins, i.e.
It seems that she read about our company in an article in The New York Times and had saved the clipping until her next trip northward. After making an appointment with Dr. Richard A.
Reeded edge - Vertical markings around the edge of a coin to prevent clipping; also called corrugated or grained edge.
Relief - A design that is raised above the surface of a coin. The designs on a cent or a dime are in relief.
White had sent Kennedy some press clippings and Kennedy returned this note with his thanks. Dated December 1960, 2 pages on pale gray North Ocean Boulevard Palm Beach Florida letterhead, with accompanying envelope addressed, "Mr. William White." ...
a form of design around the edge of a coin, once served a functional purpose to deter clipping or shaving of the metal
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a low grade alloy of silver (usually less than 50%) mixed with another alloy such as copper.
1275 Edward I forbids the Jews to exact usury
The resulting shortage of money leads to an increase in clipping and a decline in the quality of the coinage. The Jews get blamed and suffer wholesale arrests in 1278 and expulsion from England in 1290.
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In Coin Collecting Terms sometimes used to denote an incomplete planchet coin; in earlier days, clipping was a process of shaving edges of coins to remove small amounts of metal for illegal gain (which gave rise to lettered or reeded edges).
The reeded edge was originally added to coins to prevent clipping and counterfeiting.
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comparable uncleaned specimen) clip A coin, planchet or blank missing a portion of metal, caused by an error during blank production; types of clips include curved (most common), ragged, straight, eliptical, bowtie, disk and assay clipping ...
Apart from preventing imperfect strikes, the impression on the coin's edge (either as a recess or raised inscription) deters forgery or clipping (an illegal paring of metal from the circumference of the coin).
Correspondence, statements, statistical bulletins, and news clippings, 1917-29, relating to implementation of the Pittman Silver Act of 1918 (40 Stat. 535), April 23, 1918. Case files on the Lend-Lease Program, 1942-80.
Note: Authenticated by David Sear on December 7, 2005 and described as "VF, low weight suggesting possible clipping in antiquity." ...
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A reeded edge with a groove running though the centre of the edge, giving the coin a "sandwich" appearance. Invented as an extra deterrent to clipping and counterfeiting.
HAS NISI PERITURUS NIHI ADIMAT NEMO - Let no one remove these from me under peril of death. Referring to the edge letters used as a design against clipping.
More than just a decoration, reeding was originally intended as a preventative measure to discourage the illegal shaving or clipping of the precious metal in the gold and silver coins.
The term milled is also applied to the lines on the edge of the machine-made coins which were introduced to prevent the practice of clipping silver or gold from round the edge.
Reeding - A design made up of vertical striations applied to the circumference of the coin’s edge. The product of semi- and fully-automatic coining machines developed in the late 18th century, reeding helps to deter clipping.
of this assaying process by a visitor to the office states: “I gazed into the Assay Office of Fred Kohler, situated on the south side of Clay Street, watching for the first time the process of converting gold dust into bars, and the clipping of ...
 See also: Coin, Silver, Mint, Half, Coinage
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