定義

• Coins whose actual value is considerably less than their declared value by reason of their mixed composition. They are either silver with a large proportion of copper and tin, or, as is more frequently the case, copper washed over with a thin coating of silver. The latter soon wears off, leaving the base metal exposed. There are many modern examples of this money. In Germany it was common to the middle of the nineteenth century, and specimens are found in England during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. The base Shillings of the former monarch had a full-face portrait of the king, but the end of the nose by reason of its prominence suffered the greatest amount of abrasion. The base metal was soon exposed, and from this circumstance this ruler received the sobriquet of " copper-nose. " See Billon.

資源

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

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