Definition

• A name given to such coins as have their edges trimmed. This prac- tice was pursued by dishonest persons for the sake of retaining some of the metal. The abuse is referred to by W. Wood, in his Survey of Trade , 1719 (346).

  John Foxe, in his Acts and Monuments of the Church , 1596 (311), has: " About which time also . . . Iewes for monie clip- ping were put to execution. "

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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