Methods of coin debasement
Coin debasement is the act of decreasing the amount of precious metal in a coin, while continuing to circulate it at face value. This was frequently done by governments in order to inflate the amount of currency in circulation; typically, some of the precious metal was replaced by a cheaper metal when the coin was minted. But when done by an individual, precious metal was physically removed from the coin, which could then be passed on at the original face value, leaving the debaser with a profit. Coin debasement was effected by several methods, including clipping (shaving metal from the coin's circumference) and sweating (shaking the coins in a bag and collecting the dust worn off).
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Methods of coin debasement
Coin debasement is the act of decreasing the amount of precious metal in a coin, while continuing to circulate it at face value. This was frequently done by governments in order to inflate the amount of currency in circulation; typically, some of the precious metal was replaced by a cheaper metal when the coin was minted. But when done by an individual, precious metal was physically removed from the coin, which could then be passed on at the original face value, leaving the debaser with a profit. Coin debasement was effected by several methods, including clipping (shaving metal from the coin's circumference) and sweating (shaking the coins in a bag and collecting the dust worn off).
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Coin debasement is the act of ...... sness of such a tampered coin.
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Le rognage est une opération q ...... que Portail de la numismatique
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Snoeien (Engels: to clip, Duit ...... gesnoeid
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Обрезывание монет — искусствен ...... о иных декоративных элементов.
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تقليم العملة هي عملية سرقة تت ...... ة مقلّمة جزئيًا
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Coin debasement is the act of ...... collecting the dust worn off).
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Le rognage est une opération q ...... * Silique partiellement rognée
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Snoeien (Engels: to clip, Duit ...... k van een kartelrand, en hoger
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Обрезывание монет — искусствен ...... о иных декоративных элементов.
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تقليم العملة هي عملية سرقة تت ...... ة مقلّمة جزئيًا
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Methods of coin debasement
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Rognage (numismatique)
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Snoeien (numismatiek)
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Обрезывание монет
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تقليم العملة
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