Ever Wonder Where the Edges of Your 16th Century English Are?

SaorAlba · November 17, 2015 9:32PM

Tookybandit · November 17, 2015 10:22PM

Great story, I love the pictures! Gross name though, hehe.

worldcoinguy · November 17, 2015 11:30PM

Fascinating. This is the first time I have ever seen an article or picture about the practice.

asheland · November 18, 2015 2:08AM

Originally posted by: worldcoinguy
Fascinating. This is the first time I have ever seen an article or picture about the practice.

Same here. Interesting.

Hydrant · November 19, 2015 3:40PM

Very interesting.

HTubbs · November 20, 2015 2:35AM

Wow! I always assumed clippings were promptly melted down. Very interesting to find these intact.

Swampboy · November 20, 2015 6:26AM

That is so cool.

Clippings as treasure. I'm amazed.

lordmarcovan · November 20, 2015 3:12PM

That's very cool. While I knew hammered silver coins were extensively clipped and have had several that showed traces of the practice, that's the first time I've heard of the actual clippings surviving. The person who did those was pretty aggressive and unsubtle about it. Normally I'd have expected to see much thinner shavings!

Maybe that's the reason they were never recovered and melted down. The clipper got caught, and received his or her nasty comeuppance from the law?

Exbrit · November 20, 2015 11:44PM

Thanks for sharing. Interesting find.

LochNESS · November 21, 2015 4:44AM

Dude. That guy has already unearthed a hoard. Not fair he gets to find TWO in one lifetime. Spread the love!

ricko · November 22, 2015 1:46AM

Amazing.... interesting name for the hoard, but understandable. Great for that guy to

find TWO troves... what a thrill... Cheers, RickO

johnny9434 · November 24, 2015 4:39AM

indeed that was amazing

Ever Wonder Where the Edges of Your 16th Century English Are?

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