Sizel Público Deposited
The waste remains of a metal sheet or plate, after it has had blanks or planchets cut or stamped from it. Conf. Ft. cisaille, from ciscler, to cut.
In a report of the mintmasters under Elizabeth, temp. 1572, mention is made of "syssel" in the making of Sixpences. See Numismatic Chronicle (ser. iv. vol. 16, p. 75).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)