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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tulipone, post: 2468548, member: 71656&quot;]Greg - that is a nice half-crown.&nbsp; I find it amusing that it was a capital offence to clip coins, but still they did.&nbsp; I&#039;m never sure if that tiny chunk of silver that was clipped off was worth the risk of the gallows, understanding that you clip a lot of coins you get a lot of clippings.</p><p><br /></p><p>How much silver would make the risk worthwhile?&nbsp; How many half crowns would the average worker own bearing in mind it would have been a significant lump of money and therefore how many could he clip?</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours appears to be 1641-1643 minted in Tower and a fantastic bit of history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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